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The Information of
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taken before me this 18th. day of January 1782
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Who being upon Oath say, and first the said
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Alexander Dixon
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says that he is Servant to
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Joseph Fleming
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of
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Drury Lane
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Pawnbroker
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That on Wednesday Evening last two persons now Present who call themselves
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Ann Bremin and
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Richard Ball
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came into his said Masters Shop
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That the said Ann Bremin desired to look at some Plain Gold Rings on which
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he put three down upon the CounterThat at the time she asked
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so see the Rings she had upon her finger a Metal RingThat she
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approved of one of the Rings and desired this Informant to weigh it
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during which she concealed one of them which he is very sure is the Gold Ring now produced by the said
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William Halliburton
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William
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says that when he searched the person of the said
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Ann Bremin he found the brass Ring now produced in her Pocket
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That he asked what Ring that was upon her finger to which
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replied that it was
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his Wifes ring
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That he then took it from off her
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finger and found that
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it was the Gold Ring now produced and sworn to by the said
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Sworn before me this
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18th. day of Janry. 1782}
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Alexander Dixon
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