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The Information of
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at £7 P Yr a
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Blacksmith
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by Trade and a Licensed Higler.Kidder or Badger
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taken upon Oath this 29th Day of March 1767 before us, Two of his Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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in & for the Said County.
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This Informant Saith that he lives at Working near Winslow in Bucks, and that he set out from London to go home to his
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House at Wooving last Monday the 23d Inst. about 2 or 3 of Clock in the Afternoon with his Higling Cart Which was drawn by
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two Horses. And that he arrived at Uxbridge in Middx on that Day (Monday) in the Evening about 8 o'Clock and Put up (as he Usually
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has done for these 5 Weeks Past) at the House of Mr.
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Thomas Farmer
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at the Sign of the Crown in
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aforesaid. That his
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Cast was Loaded when it Came to Uxbridge with Coals, Empty Hen Coops, Fish Lemons & Orangy and Sunday other things,Also with
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a Sugar Loaf which cast him Eighteen Shillings which he bought on that Day (Monday) of a Mr. Carey a Grocer near Newgate
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Sheet in London, And the Said Joseph Stevingshed Also in his Said Cart at the Same time 4 Fresh Cod, which cost him 9d Each
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Also 13 in Lemons and 7 China Oranges; And that in his way home at Wendover (but not before) he Missed the Sugar Loaf
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and two Fish, and when he arrived at Ayles bury on Examination his goods he Missed the other two Fish, the 13 Lemons and
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the 7 China Oranges, Whereupon
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's Partner one
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Paul George
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Caused a Letter to he wrote to Mr. Thos. Farnner
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at Uxbridge to give him an Accst. of what things he had Missed out of his last in his Journey from London, but received
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no Answer to his said Letter from Mr. Farmer, Whereupon Yesterday Morning the 28th Ins. (Saturday) the Said
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(according to custom) set out from Wooving for London, And When he Came to Mr Farnner's House at Uxbridge which he did
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on Saturday last at Night (being Yesterday at Night the 28th Inst. (about one o'Clock in the Night of the Same day When
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Joseph Steving arrived at Mr Farmer's on Ye Saturday Night the 28th Inst he went to Bed. And on the Marrow being this
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Day Sunday the 29th March in the Morning about 9 o'Clock he Saw a Man one James Saffill who is now (& has been for Some time Past)
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a Housekeeper belonging to the Yard of Mr.Farmer's House when Joseph Stevings Partner Mr Paul George made Complaint
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to the Said Housekeeper James Saffill telling him has Cart had been robb'd of Goods. The Said James Saffill reflied he
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Cou'd give him Information who had robb'd the Cart which he accordingly did, And Said he wou'd be ready to make Oath that
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he Saw one
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get up on the Wheel of Joseph Stevings Cart this Day for Might being Sunday
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Night the 15th Inst about 8 o'Colck at Night and he Saw him take and Steel out of the Said Cast three nearly full Grown Young Fowls
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Alive and that he the Said
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them under Some Hay and that the Said
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Farmer had hilled all the Said Towls.
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Sworn before us the Day and Year first above written
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A Aldridge
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