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for Felony taken upon Oath
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before me
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William Blackborow
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Esqr
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. One of
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His Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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in &
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21st. day of January
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One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Six
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This Informant upon his Oath saith that he is a
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Servant
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That on Thursday last the Nineteenth day of January instant
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at about the hour of Six of the Clock in the Evening this
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the Corner
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aforesaid that the Prisoner
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was in Company with the other Prisoner
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Thomas Joyce
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two Women that the said
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James Bixby
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asked this
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Informant to Drink with them which he did and sat in
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the Box with them that the said
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James Bixby
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then
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asked this Informant if his Master could not be done
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meaning could he not be Robbed and if he this Informant
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would Assist that he should have his Share of the Money
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that the Goods taken Should sell for That this Informant
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agreed to go home and unfasten a Back Window of his Masters
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House that they might get in without noise and that -
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they might take away a Quantity of Cloth which was
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in a Box in the said Room that this Informant Did
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then go home and went up Stairs in Company with
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his Masters Son about the Age of Ten Years that he
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went to the Window under a pretence of making it fast
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and instead thereof he pulled out a Skewer with
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