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10th December 1772 - 12th July 1774

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Image 4 of 37214th December 1773


Spoons & two Pewter Spoons the property of
her Masters That a Little Past Seven o Clock
the next Morning
she got up and upon coming down Stairs she
went to unfasten the Street Door and found the
Chain taken off & the 'Bolts and one and upon
enquiring of her Master and the Apprentices found
that none of them had been near the Street
Door to Unfasten its

And this Informant John Dixon< no role > for himself saith
that having received Information from the other
Informant Charles Gibson< no role > of his having been
Robbed on Tuesday Night Last and that he
Suspected a persons now present who calls himself
John Brotherton< no role > he took a Constable on Thursday
Night last and went with him to a Club at
a Public House in Saint Giles's and apprehended
him upon searching him found the Clasp knife
now produced in his Waistcoat Pocket with the
point broke of upon searching further
found the two half Guineas & Quarter Guineas
now produced with the Nicks in the sides & upon
Trying the Screw [..] Produced with the said
two half Guineas seems as if they had been Used
to Put the said Screw into the Groove of the
Drawer in the said Compting House and upon
Measuring the Shoe. of the said John Brotherton
with the Foot Marks upon the Dresser
abovementioned finds that it agreed exactly
with the Measure of the said Marksand this
Informant also found upon him he Pistol
and the Powder &Shot new produced

Jno: Gisborne< no role >
Chas. Gibson
Sarah Beach< no role >

his
John [mark] Dixon
Marks

Severally Sworn before me
the 14th. Day of December
1773 }

George Mercer< no role >




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