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The Information of
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Jonathan Dunbar
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before me this
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25th. day of March 1772
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Who being upon Oath says that he knows Samuel Graytrix
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John Sharpless
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otherwise Hall and Prickard Beck
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and one Duffield who
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are all common Cheats, says that on Monday last the said Samuel Graytrix
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otherwise Hall having taken a Lodging in Muscory Court
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Tower
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sent this Informant to a Linen Draper whose Name he believes to be
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Crompton upon
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to order in two Pieces of Irish Linen and half a piece
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of Muslin that the said Linen Draper accordingly sent in the said
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Goods and the said Graytrix and Sharpless by Fraudulent Means
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obtained the said Goods and pawned them at a Pawn broker's in
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Oxford
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; says that last Friday the said Graytrix and Sharpless having
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taken a Lodging in Thread needle Street Sent this Informant to Mr. Yerbury's
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the Hosier with an Order in Writing which was wrote by Sharpless
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for 4 Doz. pair of Silk Stockings which Order this Informant left
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at Mr. Yerbury's & the said Mr. Yerbury sent them 3 ½ Doz. of Silk
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Stockings which the said Graytrix and Sharpless by frandulent Means
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obtained from the said Mr. Yerbury's Servant & afterwards prisoned
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3 Doz. of them in Poulteney Street; that about a Week ago the said
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Samuel Graytrix
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and this Informant took a Lodging at
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No. 104 Bishops gate Street and ordered in 3 Cardinals & 2 Benenants of
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Velverets from a Shop in Hounds ditch which were brought by one Morris
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an Apprentices to the said Shop keeper who left the said Goods with this
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Informant and was privy to the Fraud intended upon his Master and
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that one James Wylan who is acquainted with the said Morris was
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also privy to the Fraud and had a Share of the Profits as well
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as the said Morris, that the said Goods were disposed of by the
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said James Wylan; that about a fortnight ago the said Sharpless
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the said Graytrix took a Lodging in
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and fraudulently obtained from a Hosier in Bridge Street 6
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pair of Silk Stockings 3 Pr. of Which were pawned at the
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