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Image 392 of 69523rd July 1772


Middlesex
&
Westminster }
to wit


The Information of Michael
Bray
< no role > Sarah Taylor< no role > and Thomas
Ryder
< no role > and Jane Boulton< no role >
taken before Us three of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace in and for the said
County

Who severally being upon Oath say and first
this Informt. Michael Brayn< no role > for himself
saith that on Monday the 13th. Instant about
9 o'Clock at Night be left the Queens
head Tavern in Queens Street Lincolns Inn
Fields where he changed a Guinea to pay for a Bottle
of Wine & that he had in his pockets that afternoon
about twelve Guineas in Gold with some Silver
& particularly one Crown piece in & Kneef his Coat
pocket but is as a good deal in Liquor when he left
the above Tavern this Informant further saith
that about twelve o' Clock that Night he found
himself in a Street called Newtoners Lane St
Giles Shipp'd of all the Cloaths except his
Shirt alone which was left upon him together
with all his Money and Many papers. but where
or by whom he had been so Robbed & Strip't this
Informt. cannot saybut that the Cloths now
produced are the property of this Informant & [..]
what he had on at the time & Place abovementd.
& which he was Stript & Robbed of as aforesaid
And this Informant Sarah Taylor< no role > for herself
saith that about 11' o Clock at Night on Monday the
13th Instant She & Mary Brown< no role > picked up
the other Informt. Michael Bray< no role > at the Conner of
Great Queen Street in Drury Lane that he was very
much in Liquor they took him along with them to
the Lodgings of this Informt. in Newtoners Lane
St. Giles that these being no light the Gentleman gave
Six pence to Mary Brown< no role > to fetch a Candle which
she brought accordingly after which the Gentleman




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