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17th. day
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Who being upon Oath says that Yesterday morning he was accosted in
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by a Man whose name he believes to be Broughten and who pretended
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to be a Herefordshire man. Says the said Broughton desired this Informant
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to drink and took him to the
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came the Room in Which this Informant & Broughton
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were that the said Jones & Hennings began to Cut Cards for Money
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that the said Hennings desired this Informant to Join him in betting agt.
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the said Jones which he did and thereby lost four Shillings. that before
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they began to Cut Cards as aforesaid the said Jones said he had been
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to Boldere's the Banker and Receive'd part of a Thousand Pounds.
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this Informant seeing the said Jones possessed of Money and wanting
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Cash for a Bank Note, he took out of his Pocket a Thirty Pound
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Bank Note and laid it down before Jones desiring him to give this
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Informant Cash for it that as soon is he had laid the Note down the
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said Hennings back oned him to come out telling this Informant
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he was ashamed of such Company as Jones. but this Informant sus-
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pected the said Hennings meant to draw this Informant aside whilst
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the said Jones made off with the Note. this Informant did not quit
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the door but returned into the room to Jones again & asked for the
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Cash who began to Equivocate and told him he should have it
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presently that soon after the said Jones Slipt out of the Room
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and ran away. And this Informant further says that the said
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John Jones and William Hennings feloniously Stole his note
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for Thirty Pounds as aforesaid
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Sworn before me
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17th. Decemr. 1774}
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M Addington
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William Monk
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