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October 1794

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The King on the Prosecution of John Cowper Warner< no role >
against
Mary Parker< no role > & Martha Sims< no role >

John Cowper Warner< no role > of Percey Street
Rathbone Place in the County of Middlesex
Apothecary maketh Oath and saith that on the
Evening of the seventh day of May last as he
this Deponent was returning home up the
Hay Market between Panton Street and James
Street he this Deponent was accorted by two
Women who importened this Deponent to go
home with them which he refused that as
they were walking along this Deponent discovered
the said Martha Sims picking his Pocket
of a small Bundle containing some Muslin
that the said Martha Sims on being seized by
this Deponent instantly conveyed the said
Muslin to the said Mary Parker< no role > who
received the same Where upon this Deponent
with the Assistance of the Watchman and
several other Persons secured her also that
the said Martha Sims and Mary Parker< no role >
were taken to the Watchhouse and the next
morning this Deponent attended at the
Office in Queen square Westminster and
entered into the usual Recognizance to prosecut [..]
the said Mary Parker< no role > and Martha Sims




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