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<p n="1706"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1618">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
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<p n="1707">The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1707-1">William Brittle</rs>
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taken before<lb></lb>
me one of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ579">Justices of the peace</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
and for the said County.</p>
<p n="1708">Who being upon Oath saith that he lives in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1619">Half Moon court</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1620">Wapping</rs>
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that on Sunday night<lb></lb>
the Twelfth of August instant about Nine oClock<lb></lb>
as he was coming home to his house in Half<lb></lb>
moon Court aforesaid a person now present who<lb></lb>
Calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1708-1">Nicholas Lilly</rs>
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violently<lb></lb>
assaulted him by running against him<lb></lb>
and at the same time Seizing hold of his Watch<lb></lb>
Chair which suspended from his fob<lb></lb>
feloniously<obscured></obscured>
took and Carried away the<lb></lb>
same together with his Watch that upon finding he had been assaulted<lb></lb>
and Robbed be Immediately exerted himself<lb></lb>
and seized hold of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1708-2">Nicholas Lilly</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and owing to the Exertions of the said Lilly<lb></lb>
to get away from and out of his Custody<lb></lb>
they both fell down together but still this<lb></lb>
Informt. never quitted the hold of him And<lb></lb>
this Informt upon his Oath saith that the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1708-3">Nicholas Lilly</rs>
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is the person who feloniously<lb></lb>
Assaulted and by force and violence robbed<lb></lb>
him of his Watch Chair and Seals as aforesd.</p>
<p n="1709">Taken and Sworn before me<lb></lb>
the <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45032_date279">13th. of August 1787</rs>
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<p n="1710">R. Smith</p>
<p n="1711"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n1711-1">William Brille</rs>
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