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5th December 1771 - 16th December 1772

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Image 272 of 69527th May 1772


Middlesex To wit

The Information of Elizabeth Siday< no role > taken before
me this 27th. day of May 1772 .

Who being upon Oath says that she lives in Wooburn Court
Charlotte Street Bloomsbury , Says that on Sunday last was
a Week the 17th. Instant between 10 and 11 o Clock three Persons
now present who call themselves John Waters< no role > Thomas Adams< no role >
otherwise Stanley and Edward Jones< no role > Richard Burton< no role > came to this Informants
Lodgings in Wooburn Court aforesaid Says they all three
sat down in this Informants room that soon after she heard
the said Thomas Adams< no role > otherwise Stanley say to the said
Waters and Jones Damn her a Bitch she was harder to
be robbed than a Man, and that the other two Persons who
was with him Run away but he was determined to
have something and Immediately Pulled off her Cloak and
Capn. Says that a few Minutes after this Conversation the
said Adams pulled out of his Pocket a Lady's Steel Chain
now produced and told this Informant that that Chain
he had taken from the Woman whom he had robbed of
the Cloak and Cap as aforesaid

Elizabeth Siday< no role >

Sworn before me
May 27th. 1772}

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