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This Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50911_n460-1">William Hewitt</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50911_n460-2">William<lb></lb>
Wapshott</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50911_n460-3">Thomas Rogers</rs>
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Constables of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50911_geo125">Parish of Chiswick</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50911_geo126">County of Middlesex</rs>
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taken<lb></lb>
before me <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50911_n460-4">George Reid</rs>
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Esqr. one of His Majestys<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50911_occ76">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said County at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50911_geo127">Hammersmith</rs>
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this 9th day of June 1795</p>
<p n="461">Who being severally Sworn upon their Oaths say and<lb></lb>
first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50911_n461-1">Wm. Hewitt</rs>
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for himself sayeth that upon<lb></lb>
Sunday the 31st day of May last<obscured></obscured>
eight of the clock in<lb></lb>
the morning he had notice that a set fight between two Man<lb></lb>
of the names of Kentslay and Pearce inhabitants of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50911_geo128">Turnham<lb></lb>
Green</rs>
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was to take place upon <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50911_geo129">Turnham Green</rs>
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Common in<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50911_geo130">Parish of Acton</rs>
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at Nine the same Morning upon which<lb></lb>
he immediately gave notice to the other two informants and<lb></lb>
also wrote to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50911_n461-2">Samuel Wagg</rs>
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Esqr at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50911_geo131">Acton</rs>
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a Magistrate for<lb></lb>
this County and so one Ma<obscured></obscured>
a Constable of that Parishs<lb></lb>
informing them of what was intended but neither saw nor<lb></lb>
heard any thing from either of them upon the occasion That<lb></lb>
the other informants <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50911_n461-78">William Wapshott</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50911_n461-3">Thomas Rogers</rs>
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joind this informant very soon about half past nine when<lb></lb>
they all went to the spot when they saw the above named two Men<lb></lb>
were fighting and a great number of idle and disorderly<lb></lb>
People to the amount of several hundreds assembled in a<lb></lb>
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manner to see and to encourage them but from<lb></lb>
the appearance and disposition of the<obscured></obscured>
these informants<lb></lb>
were apprehensive that some injury would have been done to<lb></lb>
their persons had they attempted to put a stop to the fight<lb></lb>
or to dispose the Mob wherefor they resolved to go round so<lb></lb>
all the public Houses in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50911_geo132">Chiswick</rs>
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Parish and did accordingly<lb></lb>
go and direct every one of them to shut up their Houses and<lb></lb>
not</p>
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