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<p n="2589"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45018_geo1025">Middlesex</rs>
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to Weet</note>
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<p n="2590">The Informantion of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n2590-1">Charles Basley</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken before us two of His Majestys<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45018_occ325">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for this County<lb></lb>
who being when Oath saith that on or about<lb></lb>
the Monday or Tuesday last week this<lb></lb>
Deponent was in the Shop & Mr. Mercer<lb></lb>
for whom he works as a Jewellers where<lb></lb>
he saw a person known by the Names<lb></lb>
Captain Jones who then he spoke shirt of<lb></lb>
Buckle of Mr Mercy immediately after the<lb></lb>
Captain had left the Shop<del>the defendents</del>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45018_n2590-2">Francis Henry</rs>
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Hey expressed a Desire that his<lb></lb>
Uncle would deliver the Buckle himself when the Uncle<lb></lb>
desired to Know the reason the said Francis say'd that<lb></lb>
his Uncle might probably get the Capitan's Business<lb></lb>
Upon which the Uncle say's that that was Frank's<lb></lb>
Customer then the Uncle went out of the Shop the said<lb></lb>
Francis then told this Informant that he wished he might<lb></lb>
not be sent home with the Buckle this Informant<lb></lb>
asked him why? to which he answered the he did<lb></lb>
not like itthis Informt. asked him why he did<lb></lb>
not like to go to a person who always gave him Money<lb></lb>
the Lad being<obscured></obscured>
lent he repeated the Questions two or<lb></lb>
three himself & insisted upon knowing his reason and<lb></lb>
the said Francis Sayd he was<obscured></obscured>
shamed which made<lb></lb>
this Informt. more desirous of knowing what was the<lb></lb>
reason & at last the sd. Francis sayd he would tell<lb></lb>
him if he would promise that he would not tell it<lb></lb>
to his Uncle & upon this Informt promising that<lb></lb>
he would not tell his Uncle Upon which the said<lb></lb>
Francis told him that the Captain had hurt him<lb></lb>
this Informt. asked him how & upon the Boy's pausing<lb></lb>
some little time say'd that the Captain had<del>taken</del>
<lb></lb>
in his Lodging taken him upon his knee & Unbuttoned<lb></lb>
his Breeches & tho sd: Jones had also Unbuttoned his<lb></lb>
own Breeches that he had hurt him with his Yard<lb></lb>
And upon this Informant asking the Lad where upon <lb></lb>
which the said Frances sayd that he was as ashamed to tell</p>
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