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16th January 1788 - 11th December 1789

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Image 124 of 12910th December 1789


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The Information of William Wrathall< no role > Snow
Hill London Tin Plate Worker and Thomas Walters< no role >
Servant to the said William Wrathall< no role > Taken upon Oath
before me William Pickett< no role > Esqr . Mayor of the City of
London and one of his Majestys Justices of the peace for the
said City this second day of December 1789.

Who being upon Oath say And first Informant Thomas
Walters
< no role > says that last Night he saw the [..] Person
now present who Calls himself of Robert Pearson< no role > (and who
was Employed as a Journeyman Painter in the said
William Wrathall< no role > 's have) go up a [..] pair of Steps in a parlour [..] apart
of the Shop where he had been painting and take out
of a place there a pair of Brittannia Metal Salts and that the said
Robert Pearson< no role > put the said Salts in his Pocket and
when he had done Workhewent out of said Shop
And Informant William Wrathall< no role > saith that being
informed by the other Informant Thomas Walter< no role > [..] that
the said Robert Pearson< no role > had taken the said Salts he sent
for a Constable and caused the said Robert Pearson< no role > to be
taken into Custody and upon Searching him found
the Metal Salts new produced in his Right hand Coat
Pocket and which Salts are the property of Informant
the said William Wrathall< no role > .

Sworn at the Guildhall
London the day and year
above written before me
Wm Peckett< no role > Mayor }

W: Wrathall
T. Walters




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