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<p n="103">The Informacon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50042_n103-1">John Hudleston</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50042_occ38">Laborer</rs>
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taken the 36th of May 1695</p>
<p n="104"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Since appeares<lb></lb>
be <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50042_n104-1">Rice Young</rs>
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This Informt: upon his Duty saith that two Men came to him<lb></lb>
at the Cart & horse in Sohoe between 5 & 6 in the Evening on<lb></lb>
Thursday last & asked him to go downe into a Vault to lake up<lb></lb>
a thing that was left & Heywonle gratifye him, & heforth<lb></lb>
saith went to a new House in Chappell Street in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50042_geo51">St. Anns</rs>
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where<lb></lb>
they had him into one House & Looked into a Vault & said if<lb></lb>
was not the House but in the Middle House they put him and<lb></lb>
a shed into the Yard & told him there was the Vault & having<lb></lb>
borrowed a Ladder one of the Men (he who changed his<lb></lb>
Coal & whome the Constable & Beadle did call by his Name)<lb></lb>
directed him in what part of the Vault he Should find the<lb></lb>
bagg, & when he had it in his hands, cosneing up the Ladder<lb></lb>
the sail Man clapt this Informt. on the shoulder & told<lb></lb>
him there was fifty pounds in it, besides Clipping & said<lb></lb>
Boy lett us take the money out & throw the Clippings into<lb></lb>
the Vault, then look further, & said there was a £100 more<lb></lb>
in the Vault, but hearing this Informt. say he wents carry<lb></lb>
the Bagg to a Justice: recalled him selfe & said hang't there's<lb></lb>
noe more for the folks have been there already & when<lb></lb>
he had the Talehell up, the sd Man untyed it & sd. dropt<lb></lb>
out, which he bidt this Informt. take & put in his pockett<lb></lb>
And this Informat. laid the bagg on the pactiles (While her<lb></lb>
was getting over) & the Constable (Who wth the Beadle &<lb></lb>
other Man flood without the Wall in the next Years) Inmates<lb></lb>
away the bagg & would not lett him have it, tho' he cryed<lb></lb>
Since I have had the Honour to find it, lett me have the<lb></lb>
Honour to carry it before a Justice, & goeing along the Man<lb></lb>
that guided him to find it per swaded this Informt to go<lb></lb>
into the Beedles house in Ayres Street and the Beedle<lb></lb>
croft the Road & Pr Lended to go Soe if the Justice was at<lb></lb>
home (but he had not been there) and said the Justice <lb></lb>
was</p>
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