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Middlesex to Wit.


The Information of John Knaresborough< no role > Simpson
of No. 2 Spur Street Leicester fields Haberdasher
taken before me this 20th. day of April 1784

Who being upon Oath says that on Saturday last about
half past 3 o Clock in the afternoon as he was passing along
Henrietta Street a person now present who calls himself Henry
Griffiths
< no role > This name instance is in set 1384. This set is in the group(s): GarrowsClients . with two other persons forced him upon some Steps of
a Street Door & held him there for about 5 Minutes when he felt
one of the said two Persons hand at his Breeches Pocket, his
Pocket turned on the outside and three Guineas one shilling and
a six pence gone out of his PocketThat he seized said Man
by the Collar in order to take him into Custody when said
Henry Griffiths< no role > This name instance is in set 1384. This set is in the group(s): GarrowsClients . immediately struck him on the Collar bone
and rescued said Man from him from which he is very
Sure the said Henry Griffiths< no role > This name instance is in set 1384. This set is in the group(s): GarrowsClients . is one of the persons concerned
in picking his Pocket as aforesaid

John Knaresbro Simpson

Sworn before me this
20th. day of April 1784}

M Addington




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