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<p n="95"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45025_geo57">Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n95-1">Samuel Reeves</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45025_occ20">Servant</rs>
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to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n95-2">Mary<lb></lb>
Smithers</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45025_geo58">Holborn Barrs</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45025_geo59">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45025_occ21">Hosier</rs>
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taken before me this 16th. day of October 1782</p>
<p n="96">Who being upon Oath says that about a Quarter before one<lb></lb>
oClock this day, a person now present who calls herself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n96-1">Hannah<lb></lb>
Williams</rs>
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together with another Woman came into his Mistresse's Shop<lb></lb>
That said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n96-2">Hannah Williams</rs>
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bought some Cloth of him and<lb></lb>
the other Woman desired to look at some silk stockings<lb></lb>
which he shewed herThat she bought no Stockings but<lb></lb>
went away with the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n96-3">Hannah Williams</rs>
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. That immediately<lb></lb>
after they were gone he missed six pair of Stockings and went<lb></lb>
is search of them, suspecting said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n96-4">Hannah Williams</rs>
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and the<lb></lb>
other Woman to have stolen themThat he met them at<lb></lb>
the corner of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45025_geo60">Southampton Buildings Chancery Land</rs>
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, at which<lb></lb>
time they were joined by a third Woman, That on seeing this<lb></lb>
Informant, the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n96-5">Hannah Williams</rs>
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and the other two Women<lb></lb>
ran away, and he saw the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n96-6">Hannah Williams</rs>
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throw a pair<lb></lb>
of silk stockings now produced, and one of the said six pair of Silk<lb></lb>
stockings into a<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45025_occ22">Hair Dressers</rs>
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Area in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45025_geo61">Southampton</rs>
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Buildings<lb></lb>
aforesaidThat he seized hold of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n96-7">Hannah Williams</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
soon afterwards a Black Boy (whom this Informants<lb></lb>
doth not know) brought him another pair of silk stockings<lb></lb>
now produced, which he said he had seen a Woman drop.</p>
<p n="97"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n97-1">Samuel Reeves</rs>
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</p>
<p n="98">Sworn before me this<lb></lb>
16th. day of October 1782}</p>
<p n="99"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n99-1">Sampn Wright</rs>
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