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The Information of
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Elizabeth West
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a Lodger
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in Barretts Court in the
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Parish of St Mary
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le bone in the County of
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Middx taken upon Oath, before me one of his Majestys Justices of
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the Peace in & for the said County City & Liberty this
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22d Decr. 1768
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Who being upon Oath saith That She saw a Man who is now present who calls
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himself Jesper Webb
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in the posession of a large Gold Watch about 3 Weeks ago
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which she this Informant saw him the said Jesper Webb pull out of his Pockett
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and said he cou'd get Money upon it at the Fen Shop And she this Informant upon
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her Oath Saith that about afortnight ago she saw this Jesper Webb brought to a Woman
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he Calls his Wife (one
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Sarah Williams
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) Two large Bundles containing Ten or a Dozen
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Womens Gowns of different Sorts some Stuff, Some Linnen, Some Birds Eyes, and
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some Black, and 3 Aprons, 1 a long Lawn, one a Spotted Apron and one of a Muslin
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Apron, and Six or 7 pair of Shift Sleeves, and 4 White Muslin half Neck Handkerfs
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and 8 or 9 Lumps of Butter, and half a Side of Pork, All which things (together with
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the aforesaid Gold Watch) She the said Informant
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Elizabeth West
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upon her said
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Oath declareth and Saith She verily Suspects and believes he the said
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Jesper Webb
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did not
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come honestly by That he never bought any of the said things, but that he
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feloniously Stole the same; And that this Informant further upon her Oath Saith
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that She saw the said Jesper Webb knock Mr Nichollson down, and Saw him feloniously
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take and Carry away his Hat and put it upon his own head & carry it away, and
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saw the said Jesper Webb treat and use the said Mr Nicholls Extreemly Ill and further
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that She saw the said
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with a Pistol, and that she verily believes and
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suspects upon her said Oath that the said
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Jesper Webb
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is a Footpad. And that the
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Jasper Webb
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told this Informant that he had bought a Pistol on purpose to shoot
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Mr Rowe and Mr Jones Two Constables of Maybone Parish who had been out in Pursuit
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of him to take him, And that he went out one Night to this Informant knowledge on purpose
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to Rob on the Highway and She Saw his Pistol And that he told her he stole a Basket
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containing 8 Loaves from
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from a Boy on the highway.
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Sworn before me this 22d Decr. 1768
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before me.
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Jno Spinnage
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The Mark of
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Eliz. West
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