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The Information of
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John Polly
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before me this 4th. day of December 1773
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Who being upon Oath says that on a Sunday in the month of September
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last he had some Conversation with
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whom he then told that
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he intended to leave his Master, that the said
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John Taylor
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observed it was
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a difficult Matter to live by Honesty and that if this Informant
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would go with him it should be a Guinea or two in his Pocket,
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that this Informant lay at the said
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John Taylor
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's Lodgings that Hight
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and the next day they both went to the house of
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Mrs.
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Ann Montague
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in
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Hanover Square
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where the said
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John Taylor
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had been at Work
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before, that the said
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John Taylor
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and this Informant broke open a Desk
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a Hair Trunk a Cabinet a little Box & Cloaths Box in different parts
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of the said house out of which they stole in all about 9 Guineas in
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Money two Crown pieces and a Half Crown and about 40 pieces of
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foreign Silver Coin and some pieces of foreign Gold Coin and two
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green purses a white Mourning Ring and some Straps or Hat Bands made of Silk & Silver
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one of which this Informant sold to Mr. Davies the Jew for a Shilling
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that the sold the said Ring to the said Jew for nine Shillings
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that the whole Amount of what they so stole was about £20, that
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the said pieces of foreign Gold Coin were sold by the said
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and this Informant to the said Mr. Davis the Jew, that the said
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told this Informant that one
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James Booth
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and the said
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John Taylor
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had some days before broke open a Chest of Drawers
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a small Desk a Cloaths Box in the said house and stolen thereout
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a Remnant of Sattin 2 or 3 Silk Gowns a pair of Ear Rings, a Silver
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Snuff Box a Gold Smelling Bottle a Ring & about ten pounds in
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Silver consisting of Crown pieces Etc a pair of Buck skin Breeches
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Etc and that the said
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James Booth
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had the Smelling Bottle Snuff Box
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and Ear Rings that the Gowns were in Pawn for two Guineas
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