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The Information of
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, (And an Hamess Maker by
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Trade) taken upon Oath this 17th Day of December 1774 before us
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Esquires, Two of his Majesty's
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for the said County, City & Liberty
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This Informant being upon his Oath declareth and
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Saith That Yesterday Morning before Nine o' Clock, He went to
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who Officiated then and there as Clerk in the said Lottery Office
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(this Informant) Insured five Numbers
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in the present Note Lottery from being Drawn Blacks or Prizes that
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Day; Two of which Numbers Vizt. 46, 428, and 34, 757 he paid
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for the Insurance of the said Two last Mentioned Numbers the Sum
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of One Pound Seventeen Shillings and Six pence, And if Either of those
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Tickets came up that Day Blank or Prize He was to have Two
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Halves and Two Eighths of the said Tickets, That the Ticket 46, 428
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came up a Blank Yesterday, and 34, 757 came up a £20 Prize
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Yesterday; That this Informant thereupon went to the said Lottery
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office in New Street aforesaid, And Also went to the said
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, Where he saw both the said
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, both of whom refused
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to pay the said Informant Two Halues and Two Eighths of the
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said Two Lottery Tickets; And the said
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being Now both personally present before us the said
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Justices, We the said Justices required and demanded of them or
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either of them the Sight of the said Two Lottery Tickets, When Each
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of them severally refused to Produce them, And did Acknowledge
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that Neither of them had then or Ever had either or both the said 2
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Tickets so drawn in their or Either of their Power, Custody, or
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possession, By which he the said Informant Complains upon his
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said Oath, that he has been knowingly and designed by false
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pretences Cheated and defrauded of the said Sum of One Pound
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Seventeen Shillings and Six Pence by him the said
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Sworn before us the Day and Year aforesaid
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