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<p n="266"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo191">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n266-1">Jeremiah Burnstead</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo192">Royal<lb></lb>
Hospital Row</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo193">Chelsea</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ75">Bricklayer</rs>
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taken before<lb></lb>
me this 9th. Day of February 1782.</p>
<p n="267">Who being on Oath says that on Tuesday Evening last as he was<lb></lb>
going a long <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo194">the Strand</rs>
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a Man dropped a Purse before him now<lb></lb>
Produced, containing a Ring and Bill of Parcels also now produced.<lb></lb>
That said Man picked the said Purse up and said this Informant was<lb></lb>
entitled to Half the contents and desired this Informant to go with<lb></lb>
him to the first Public houseThat they accordingly went to the<lb></lb>
Ship and Anchor on Lavey HillThat shortly after they were in,<lb></lb>
a Person now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n267-1">Robert Petch</rs>
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and another<lb></lb>
Man came into the said Alehouse also. That the first Man<lb></lb>
pretended "he could not Read" and desired this Informant to read<lb></lb>
the Bill of Parcels, which this Informant didThat the third<lb></lb>
Man who came in with Petch, desired the first mentioned Man to<lb></lb>
go out<del>and</del>
borrow £70. and bring it to this Informant (as this<lb></lb>
Informants share of the Ring) and to keep the Ring himself<lb></lb>
That he accordingly went out, and in a Short space of time<lb></lb>
returned and said that "His Friend was not at home" but<lb></lb>
requested that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n267-2">Robert Petch</rs>
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would go out and try<lb></lb>
hs Friends for the SumThat said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n267-3">Robert Petch</rs>
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accordingly<lb></lb>
went and shortly after returned saying "His Friend was not<lb></lb>
home and therefore could not get the Money"That Petch<lb></lb>
then asked this Informant "what Money he had about him"<lb></lb>
this Informant replied "very little" Peter asked "how much"<lb></lb>
upon which this Informant took out of his Pocket Seven Shillings<lb></lb>
and two old pieces of Silver CoinPitch then asked this Informant<lb></lb>
"if he would advance that Money and his Watch and take the<lb></lb>
Ring" this Informant replied "Yes"Pitch hen asked this Informant</p>
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