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The Information of
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Edward Parker
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taken before me this 27th.
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day of July 1774.
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Who being upon Oath says that he knows
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William Gadsby
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a man whose name he does not know and one
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Henry Jordan
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. Says that this
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night was a fortnight the said
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William Gadsby
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William Wickstead
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and this Informant
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robbed Wm. Nettleton (whom he just now saw) between
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Kennington
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common
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and the swan at
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of a Silver Watch two or 3 Guineas and some
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Silver says he this Informant sold the said Watch to the said
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Henry
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Jordan
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whom he met in
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for fifteen shillings says they
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the evening they committed the Robbery and
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drank half a Pint of Gin at a Public house near
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says he hath been informed that one
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Joseph Taylor
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is now in Custody
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in the New Goal
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Southwark
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being charged by the said Mr. Nettleton
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as being one of the said three Footpads who had robbed him that he
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utterly denies having the least knowledge of the said
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and that the said Taylor neither knew nor was he privy directly or indirectly
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to the robbery of Mr Nettleton as aforesaid. Says that on a Friday night
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the beginning of this month the said
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William Wickstead
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the said Man whose
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name he does not know and this Informant robbed a Man and
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Woman in a Hackney Coach near
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of a
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Metal Watch Gilt makers name
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John Aldridge
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No.45," a Silver Seal
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Impression I A, & about 10 shillings, says the said man whose name he
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does not know sold the Seal, and this Informant sold the said Watch
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to the said
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for Eleven Shillings says the said Jordan
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well know the said Watches had been stolen.
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Sworn before me
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27th July 1774}
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Edward Parker
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