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10th December 1772 - 12th July 1774

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he went into his Compting House to the other Informt.
John Gisborne< no role > and he asked this Informant
if he had taken any Money out of the Box this
Informant told him that he had not he then showed
him the Box & the Money was all gone which he
told him was two half Guineas & about ten Shillings
in Silver & upon Mr. Gisborne searching this
Informant saw the Screw now producedwhich
in the Groove of the Drawer [..] which had been
drawn & partly Screwed in again & also that
the other Screws of the said Drawer had been
drawn and the Peice of a knife now produced
found between the Groover of the Drawer & the
Desk Upon which this Informant called all his
Apprentices & Servants up into the Dinning Room
& examined & Searched them found nothing about
them but upon Enquiry among his Apprentices
if they had seen a person now present who call
himself John Brotherton< no role > he was Informed
that he had called upon the Apprentices on the
Tuesday Night before upon which thro Informt
had him taken upAnd this Informant
further saith that the other Informant Sarah
Burch
< no role > Informed him that two Silver Table
Spoone & two pewter Spoons had been taken &
Carried away that night and upon searching
further found upon a Dresser next to the window
of the Back Garret of his said House the Marks
of some persons, [..] persons feet thereon and
the Window pulled down & one of the Square of
Glass Broken

And this Informant Sarah Burch for herself
saith that she is a Servant to the other
Informants that on Tuesday Night last she
went to Bed about Eleven o Clock & remember
the House being all made fast but in particular
the Street Door being Locked Chained & Bolted
and that she left in the Pantry two Silver Table




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