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5th December 1771 - 16th December 1772

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Image 402 of 69528th July 1772


Middlesex
&
Westminster
to wit }


The Information of Henry
Jordon
< no role > admitted an Evidence in his
Majesty's behalf taken before the two
of his Majesty's Justices of the peace
for the said County City & Liberty

Who being upon Oath saith that on or about
the 16th of July last he together with two persons
now present who call themselves Abraham Taylor< no role > &
John Binns< no role > otherwise the Sky Farmer went to
a Coblers Stalls the Corner of Queber Street in Oxford Street
about 12'o Clock at Night when Abraham Taylor< no role >
Broke open the said stalls & went in & brought out
five or six pair of Mens Shoes & one Leather Boot
& tied the same up in a Handkerchief in the presence
of this Informt. & the Sky Farmer who had been
Watching only the time the said Abraham Taylor< no role >
broke open the sd. Stalls they then all went together
to a Hay Rick in the Fields near paddington where
& Abraham Taylor< no role > cut the sold from the Boot as floor
to it as he conveniently could & throw the sold away
about ten o' Clock in the Morning of the Next Day
they all three went together & sold [..]
[..] the Leather of the Bootthe Leather of the
to One Pr. Cotterel as he keeps a Shop in St. Giles
for four pence andthefive pair of Shoes were sold
by them at an Old Cloaths Shop near St. Giles Alm
Houses the same Morning for about three Shillings
& four pence that Abraham Taylor< no role > received the
whole of the Money when Abraham Taylor< no role > gave this
Informt. One Shilling & two pence for his Share
he left them together being going another way
And this Informant further saith that in a few
Days after the above Robbery this Informant and
Abraham Taylor< no role > being together in the five Fields
Chelsea between two & three o'Clock in the Morning
saw a Man & Woman laying together in the said field
when Abraham Taylor< no role > went up to them & [..]
cameRobbed the Man of a [..] Silver Watch Makers Name
Browen No 712. Abraham Taylor< no role > kept the said
Watch & never gave this Informt. any Money as his
Share of the produce of the same nor poor he know what




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