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To wit</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n24-1">William sier Smith</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45014_geo19">Pier Lane</rs>
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and of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n24-3">Aaron Spencer</rs>
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taken before me <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45014_date8">Decr. 17. 1768</rs>
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<p n="25">Who being upon Oath severally say and first the said William<lb></lb>
siers Smith for himself says that about 9 o' Clock this Morning he had<lb></lb>
Stolen a Silver Watch from out of his<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
House, and the said Aaron for<lb></lb>
himself says that a person now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n25-2">William Wilks</rs>
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offered to sill to him this Morning between 9 & 10 o' Clock a Silver Watch<lb></lb>
now produced which he this<del>Information</del>
Informant suspecting to be Stolen<lb></lb>
stopped and stopped likewise the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n25-3">William Wilks</rs>
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, and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n25-4">William<lb></lb>
Sier Smith</rs>
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for himself further says that the said Silver Watch produced<lb></lb>
by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n25-5">Aaron Spencer</rs>
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is the very Watch that was stolen out of his<lb></lb>
house this Morning as aforesaid, and these Informants further says<lb></lb>
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they do verily believe that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n25-6">William Wilks</rs>
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did feloniously<lb></lb>
taken and carry away the said Watch as aforesaid</p>
<p n="26">Sworn before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45014_date9">December 17. 1768</rs>
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<p n="27"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n27-1">Thos Kynaston</rs>
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<p n="28"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n28-1">Wm. Syer Smith</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45014_n28-2">Aaron Spencer</rs>
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