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Spoon for which he gave them a Guinea That they
told him they had stolen the said things in a Boarding School
about five or six Miles in the Country, which they
broke into the Night before, and had also taken
from thence about twenty Pounds in Money and
two Waistcoats and two Pair of Breeches .

Mr. Nightingale


And this Informant further says that on
Friday Morning the 6th. Instant the said Willm.
Thompson and John Mc Neilcame to Him
at his House in off Alley aforesaid and brought
a Barnboo Cane with a gold Head on which
was ungraved a & tea spoon and a [..] salt
spoon [..] a great Coat land a Lose bodied Coat
and told him that he the said Willm. Thompson< no role >
John Mr. Neil and Robert Hilliard< no role > had broke
open Mr. Nightingale's House at Barnes
the producing night and had stolen therein the abovementioned
Things and also a Number of Prints in gilt
Frances which he would [..] to this Informant
in the Evening That at about nine o'Clock the
same Evening the said Joseph Burgess< no role > brought
to their Informant the several Prints now
produced, and in about a Minute or two after-
-wards the said Wm. Thompson< no role > came in and sold
the said Prints to this Informant [..] for two Guineas and
that he paid the said Thompson for said Prints
in the presence of said Burgess. That when
said Thompson and Burgess were going away the
said Mr. Neil came to the Door and they all
three went away together. And this Informant
further says that the Barnboo Cane and the salt spoon
now produced are the same That he received from
said Wm Thompson< no role > as aforesaid.

And this Informant further says that on
Monday Morning last at about 7 o'Clock the
said Burgess brought and Willm. Thompson< no role >
brought to him the Basket and House breaking
Implements now produced and also a Bundle
containing two Table Cloths half a Dozen Tea
Spoons a Pair of silver Buckles a Pair of Boots and




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