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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2389-1">Jane</rs>
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wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2389-2">Joseph<lb></lb>
Bearblock</rs>
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of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ1029">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for the said County</p>
<p n="2390">Who being severally upon Oath say-And<lb></lb>
first this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2390-1">Jane Bearblock</rs>
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for herself<lb></lb>
Saith That she keeps a house in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2561">High Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2562">Saint Giles in the fields</rs>
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, that about half an hour<lb></lb>
after six last night two persons with drawn<lb></lb>
cutlasses came into this Informant's shop, upon<lb></lb>
which she left the parlour and went into the<lb></lb>
shop when the said two persons said "Your life<lb></lb>
or your money"-when this Informant said<lb></lb>
"I Keep no Till, I have no Money, when the<lb></lb>
said two men said "Money we want, and money<lb></lb>
we will have" And immediately one of the<lb></lb>
said Men seized this Informant put a drawn<lb></lb>
Cutlass to her throat Rifled her pockets and<lb></lb>
took from her half a Guinea in Gold some<lb></lb>
silver and half pence, And the other man held<lb></lb>
a Cutlass to the throat of the other Informant<lb></lb>
Alce Berry who cried out to this Informant<lb></lb>
"Pray give them your watch to save your life"<lb></lb>
which she accordingly did, they then left this<lb></lb>
Informant and took two silver tea Spoons<lb></lb>
from off the shelf in the same Room, they<lb></lb>
then took the candle put it threw it on the<lb></lb>
floor and on their going away said they night<lb></lb>
think themselves well off that they would<lb></lb>
return the next evening and Strip, the house<lb></lb>
and on their going out, double locked the</p>
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