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into the Shop Window of the said Jude Barnet< no role > then went to
the Window that is now broken and Stood there about Seven
or Eight Minutes in which time this Informant saw some
thing like Cloaths moving within the said Window but
Saw no Person in the Shop that this Informt: then saw the
said Men run away and in the Hand of the said John
Langford
< no role > alias Higby< no role > saw some Cloaths or a Bundle that
this Informt: went to the said Tude Barnet found She had
been Robbed of a Bath Great Coat and a pair of Corderoy
Breeches that this Informant pursued and assisted to
to take the said Men Searched them found only Two
Knives and some Matches

Joseph Percival< no role > for Himself says that He
is a Constable of the Parish of Saint Johns Westmr: that
this Evening between the Hours of Five & Six WIlliam Watson< no role >
Patrole calld and told Him there was Thieves in the Bowling
Alley that this Informt: with the said William Watson< no role > and
Peter Gough< no role > went into the Bowling Alley and Conceal'd Thousd
in a private Place near to the Shop of the said Jude Barnet
that He saw the Prisoners John Langford< no role > (whom He knew
by the name of Higby) and Thomas Petree< no role > look into the
said Shop and then go to the part of the Window which is
now broken in during the Space of Seven or Eight Minutes
that this Informt: saw them run away and in the Hand if
the said John Langford< no role > saw Something like Cloaths that
this Informt: pursued them into Duck Lane and Assisted to
take them that He Searched them found but two Knives
& some Matches

And William Watson< no role > for Himself says
He is a Patrole of the Parish of St. Margaret and St. Johns
Westmr . that this Evening between the Hours of Five
and Six He saw Two Men keeping into the Shop of
the aforesaid Tude Barnet for the Space of a Quarter
of an




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