London ss

The Examination of James Stratton< no role > This name instance is in set 4868.

This Examinant (on Oath) Saith yt on ye Sixth of November Seventeen
hudred & Eighteen, he was Walking in Pauls Church Yard , & there came up
to his, one whose name he understands now in Thos Butler< no role > This name instance is in set 4868. , abt Clark
abt Smith). who took acquaintance wth his, invited him to ye Feathers
Tavern in Cheapside , under pretence of sending by his a Letter to one
Mr Neal, at Ware, which Lettr he would write at ye Tavern. yt after
some time being there he putt a bag, pretending to be a bag of Money
into his hands, to hold for his, yt he [..] tled his to one side of ye
Room privately & Pickt his Pockett, of a Linnen bag of Sherein was Eleven
pounds Eleven Shill, & went off with it, yt after sometime he lookt
into ye bag yt he had put into his had, & he found, there was only, one
& twenty pence half penny is half pence,

Capt, 23 Janur 1719
coram me
John Fryer< no role >

James Stratton< no role > This name instance is in set 4868.