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The Examination of
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Nathaniel Cowdery
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of
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Uxbridge
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Cooper
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taken upon Oath ye. 11th day of January 1796 before
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Tho
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Blencowe
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Esqr one of His Majestys
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Justices of ye peace
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for the sd County
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This Examinant saith that on Saturday
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the 24th of January last as he was going home from Work he
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John Prass
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a Boy that he know playing wth a gold mourning Ring
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upon his finger, & asked him what he had there he said a Ring &
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told him he would sell it, he asked him ye price he told him he sh
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have it for a penny upon wch. suspecting him, he stop the ring & ye.
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Boy & finding it at gold measuring ring of
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Wm. Foley
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Esqr he advertised
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it, and the boy was secured, and Mr
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Samuel Manning
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& his servant
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came to
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Uxbridge
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& discovered to whom ye Ring belongd. & that it
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was last out of a Box from the Wagon of
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Edwd. Russell
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lawyer
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of
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Strar
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-bridge
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in
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Worcestershire
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Nathaniel Cowdey
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Taken upon oath the day &
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was above mentioned before me
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Tho. Blencowe
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The Examination of Mr.
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Samuel Matting
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upon oath
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taken as above ye 11th of February 1796.
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This Examinant saith that he keep's
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the
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Bull & month Inn
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in
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London
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&
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Edwd. Russells
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wagon for
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Stourbridge
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Lodges at his house and on ye 19 of January a little Box was delivered
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in his house for the
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Stourbridge Wagoner
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& delivered to him ye next
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morning that he did not then know what was in it but has since
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been informed there were 8 Mourning Rings in it for ye Funeral
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of
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Wm Foley
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Esqr
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and That the Rings were lost out of ye Box, and seeing
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the advertisemt. of Cowdery he came down to
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Uxbridge
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& Found one
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of the Rings in ye possesion of Cowdery, and making further Enquiry
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he heard that
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Edwd Scass
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Father of the Boy had sold another
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such Ring (wch. he confessd.) to
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Francis Hodges
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pawn broker
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in
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Uxbridge
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the 26 of January who own'd he had the Ring of Prass ye. Father in
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pawn for half a crown, and did not acquaint any body he had such
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a Ring till this morning when it was enquired after
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Taken upon oath the day was abovewritten
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before me
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Tho. Blencowe
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</
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Samuel Manning
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