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The Information of George Potter< no role >
of Charing Cross Haberdasher Charles Morris< no role >
of Whitcombe Street< no role > Smith, Richard Collins< no role >
Servant to the said George Potter< no role > and John
Hudson< no role > Servant to the same taken on
Oath before me this 21st. day of May 1789.

Who being on Oath Severally say and first the
said George Potter< no role > for himself says that William Stephenson< no role >
now present has been his servant about two Years that having
reason to suspect that the said Stephenson had [..] frequently
robbed his Till of Money he Yesterday determined to Watch him
and for that purpose sent him out on a message whilst this
Informant and the said Charles Morris< no role > bored a hole in the
Wainscott of between the passage of his House and the Shop
in order to Command a view of two of his Tills in said Shop
andthis Informant and the said Charles Morris< no role > having
previously marked an half Guinea, an half Crown piece, Eight
Shilling's and two Six pences in order to put into one of said
Tills that having understood that said Stephenson had robbed
his Tills at or about four oClock being the general time of
this Informants going to Dinner he yesterday just before his
Dinner was ready took said John Hudson< no role > up Stairs Shewed
him said marked Money told him of his intentions and
desired him to particularly notice said money which being
done Informant went down into his Shop took out all the
Money in the outer part of his Silver till and put the same
into the Inner part of said Till and in the outer part he
put the said marked money and locked the Till that
Informant then went into his passage looking the door after