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18th October 1756 - 20th December 1757

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Image 42 of 16314th June 1757


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to wit


The Information of William Baswell< no role > taken
before me Etc

Who being upon Oath says that he knows one William
Hadley
< no role > a Smith , one Stephen Harding< no role > a Barber , and one
Thomas Sheers< no role > a Bricklayer , That he in Company with them
have been Guilty of Divers Felonys and Robberys, and First
Says that he in Company with Hadley afd. and one Hays since
Transported broker open'd a House in Queen Street Lincolns Inn Fields ,
and look from thence some plate particularly a Bread Baskett
and some Wearing apparrell, and that they broke upon the said House
between four & Five o'Clock in the Morning And Says that he
in Company with Hadley broke open a little House in
[..] quor pond Street and look from thence a Quantity of Pewter,
Says that he Hadley and Shears went into a House [..]
[..] near the Globe in Hatton Garden and took from thence
a Copper with a Cock to it; Says that he in Company with
Hadley and Harding stole a Quantity of Sugar from a Grocer
in St. John Street and thatthepast of the said Sugar
was Carryed to Hadleys Room and the other part to
Hardings; Says that he in Company with Hadley and
Harding broke open a House in Fetter Lane and took from
thence a Quantity of Furniture Says that he in Company with
Hadley broke open a Warehouse behind the Royal Exchange and took
from thence a quantity of blue Bays, Says that he hadley and
Harding broke open a House in Southampton Row Bloomsbury [..] took from thence
quantity of Wearing Apparell a Sancepan and other things, Says
that he in Company with Hadley & Harding broke open a House
or Dowgate hill and tooke from thence one Clock and other
things

Sworn before one this
14th. Day of June 1757 }
Wm M [..]

Wm Baswell< no role >




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