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5th December 1771 - 16th December 1772

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Robert King< no role > matched the said Promisory
Note out of this Informants hands Immediately
to wit & went directly out of the Shop into the Street
where he was putting the torn Note into his pocket
& the said Robert King< no role > then snapped his fingers
at this Informant saying doe your worst you
shall never have a farthing that this Informant
obtained a Warrant from a Magistrate the same
Day & apprehend or the sd. Robert King< no role > at a House
of ill fame upon Suffron Hillsbut before
the Warant was obtained upon the Immediate
pursuit of the said Robert King< no role > he was taken
into Custody at the House of One Samuel
Hinchliffe
< no role > in Broad Street St. Giles when he
made his Escape

And this Informant Peter Dawson< no role > for himself
saith that last Monday afternoon a person now
present who calls himself Robert King< no role > came into
this Informants Shop & enquired for this Informt.
Brother who had been dead upon said of five Years
but this Informant finding from the Conversation
that he meant James Dawson< no role > the other
Informant he sent for him. Upon the said
James Dawson< no role > 's coming into the Shop the said
Robert King< no role > Immediately say'd to him Damn
your little Eyes where is the Note when Jas.
Dawson replied he would fetch it & went out
& returned to the Shop in about Minute with the Promisory
Note now produced in his hand & upon his unfolding
the said Note this Informant saw the said
Robert King< no role > snatch the said Note out of the
hands of the said James Dawson< no role > [..] to reit
& Immediately went out of the Shop into the
Street where he put the said Note into his pocket
at the same time snapping his fingers & saying
new Damn your Eyes doe your worst I'll never
pay you a farthing & that the Promisory Note
now produced is the Note so taken & Camot away
by the said Robert King< no role > as aforesaid




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