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<p n="593"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo289">Westminster</rs>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n593-1">Charles<lb></lb>
Steward</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n593-2">Zachariah Bird</rs>
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taken<lb></lb>
before Us two of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45018_occ66">Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace</rs>
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for the Said City and<lb></lb>
Liberty</p>
<p n="594">Who Severally bring upon Oath Say and first this<lb></lb>
Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n594-1">Charles Stewart</rs>
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for himself Saith<lb></lb>
that on the 29th. Day of January last a Person<lb></lb>
now present who calls himself Henry Devries<lb></lb>
and another Person who called himself<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n594-2">Samuel Harris</rs>
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came to this Informant<lb></lb>
at the White Horse, on Jun in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo290">Friday Street</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to Buy a Parcel of Gun hammers and Marey<lb></lb>
other Articles of Hardware of the Wolver Hampton<lb></lb>
Monus factory that the Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n594-3">Samuel Harris</rs>
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<lb></lb>
did agree with this Informant to Purchase<lb></lb>
his Said Goods for the Sum of twenty Nine<lb></lb>
pounds to be paid by the Sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n594-4">Samuel Harris</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in ready Mony. & this Informant by his Order<lb></lb>
took the Said Goods to the House of the Said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n594-5">Samuel Harris</rs>
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at No.1. in New Street<lb></lb>
near <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo291">White Chapel</rs>
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the other Informant<lb></lb>
being along with him, and there they met with<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n594-6">Samuel Harris</rs>
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who after some<lb></lb>
Conversations instead of ready Mony gave this<lb></lb>
Informant a Bill of Exchanged Drawn by<lb></lb>
by him upon One <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n594-7">Joseph Harris</rs>
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Payable to<lb></lb>
this Informant or his Order at Sight for the<lb></lb>
Sum of twenty Nine Pounds insisting that such<lb></lb>
Bill was as good as Cash being payable<lb></lb>
Immediately this and the other Informant<lb></lb>
went to the House where the Bill directed them<lb></lb>
to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n594-8">Joseph Harris</rs>
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at No 2. in Ayliss Street<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo292">Goodmans Fields</rs>
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. Upon knocking at the Door <lb></lb>
it was Opened by a Person now Present<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
to<lb></lb>
whom this Informant shewed the above Bill<lb></lb>
saying he wanted his Money he made him walk<lb></lb>
in & sit downUpon which he told this Informt<lb></lb>
that there was three Days Grace upon the<lb></lb>
Said Bill but if he would allow him a Discompt<lb></lb>
he would Pay it the Next Morning it bring them<lb></lb>
too late to get Cash from his Bankers This</p>
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