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The Informacon of
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John Hudleston
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taken the 36th of May 1695
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Since appeares
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Rice Young
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This Informt: upon his Duty saith that two Men came to him
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at the Cart & horse in Sohoe between 5 & 6 in the Evening on
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Thursday last & asked him to go downe into a Vault to lake up
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a thing that was left & Heywonle gratifye him, & heforth
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saith went to a new House in Chappell Street in
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St. Anns
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where
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they had him into one House & Looked into a Vault & said if
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was not the House but in the Middle House they put him and
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a shed into the Yard & told him there was the Vault & having
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borrowed a Ladder one of the Men (he who changed his
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Coal & whome the Constable & Beadle did call by his Name)
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directed him in what part of the Vault he Should find the
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bagg, & when he had it in his hands, cosneing up the Ladder
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the sail Man clapt this Informt. on the shoulder & told
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him there was fifty pounds in it, besides Clipping & said
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Boy lett us take the money out & throw the Clippings into
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the Vault, then look further, & said there was a £100 more
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in the Vault, but hearing this Informt. say he wents carry
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the Bagg to a Justice: recalled him selfe & said hang't there's
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noe more for the folks have been there already & when
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he had the Talehell up, the sd Man untyed it & sd. dropt
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out, which he bidt this Informt. take & put in his pockett
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And this Informat. laid the bagg on the pactiles (While her
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was getting over) & the Constable (Who wth the Beadle &
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other Man flood without the Wall in the next Years) Inmates
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away the bagg & would not lett him have it, tho' he cryed
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Since I have had the Honour to find it, lett me have the
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Honour to carry it before a Justice, & goeing along the Man
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that guided him to find it per swaded this Informt to go
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into the Beedles house in Ayres Street and the Beedle
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croft the Road & Pr Lended to go Soe if the Justice was at
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home (but he had not been there) and said the Justice
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was
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