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<p n="1129"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo483">Middlesex</rs>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1129-1">Samuel<lb></lb>
Howard</rs>
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taken before me One of his<lb></lb>
Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45018_occ122">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for<lb></lb>
the said County</p>
<p n="1130">Who being upon Oath saith that on Sunday <lb></lb>
Night last he Picked up a Person now Present<lb></lb>
who calls herself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1130-1">Mary Jeffery</rs>
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and went home<lb></lb>
with her to her Lodgings in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo484">Saint Giles's</rs>
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and Undressed himself & went to Bed with her<lb></lb>
& land his Breeches under the Bolster on the<lb></lb>
left side of the Bed & in his <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45018_occ123">Breeches<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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Pockets</rs>
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were contained in Gold & Silver between<lb></lb>
four & five pounds & he went to sleep & when<lb></lb>
he awaked he found he his Breeches removed<lb></lb>
to the right hand of the Bed on which side the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1130-2">Mary Jefferys</rs>
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lay the Money was all<lb></lb>
taken out of his Breeches Pocket & the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1130-3">Mary<lb></lb>
Jeffery</rs>
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had left him Upon which this Informt<lb></lb>
went to the two Browers in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo485">High Street</rs>
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Saint Giles & there found the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1130-4">Mary Jefferys</rs>
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<lb></lb>
& Charged her with the Robbery which she at first<lb></lb>
denied but afterwards confessed it returned<lb></lb>
two Guineas & two half Guineas part of the said<lb></lb>
Money</p>
<p n="1131">Sworn before me the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45018_date67">10th. Day of March 1772</rs>
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<p n="1132"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1132-1">George Mercer</rs>
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<p n="1133">his<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n1133-1">Samuel<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Howard</rs>
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Mark</p>
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