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and made on Oath before me
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one of his Majestys
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Justices of the
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the 17th. day
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day of September 1782.
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These Informants on their Oaths respectively Say And first
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the said
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Thomas Jacks
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for himself Saith That on Thursday
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the Twelfth day of September Instant he with the other Informants
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was acquant that some Stolen Goods were Concealed that
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Morning in the Dwelling house of
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George Franklin
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at No. 36
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in Duke street
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and on receiving such
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Information they immediately went to the said Franklin's house
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and the door being open they went into the same And this
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Informant Saith that the other Informants Delaforce and
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Manwaring went up stairs with Franklin in order to search
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for such stolen Goods, this Informant staying below stairs during
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that time That soon after Manwaring came down stairs and
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immediately with this Informant went down into the Celler
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and on entring the outer Celler they found
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now under
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Examination without a Coat on, That Scott immediately
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pointed to a door into the next Cellar and Said to this Informant
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there it is, That this Informant immediately lifted up a large
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green Cloth which hung over the door and endeavoured to push
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open the same when it was opened to him by some person within
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where he found
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Isaac Votear
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and
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Thomas Deane
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now under
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Examination standing up in the Cellar with their Coals off
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and their shirt sleeves turned up, with Candles burning and
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a press for Stamping of Half pence and a Quantity of new Half pence
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made and immediately Deane offered this Informant to give
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him Forty Quineas to let him and Volear go and this Informant
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might take away the Tools, That this Informant and the other
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Informant Manwaring then took Votear and Deane into Custody
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And this Informant
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Thomas Manwaring
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Saith That he
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was present at the same time with Jacks and did see the
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above Transaction and found two Dyes in the Press in the Cellar
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where Votear and Deane were found And this Informant
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Edward Delaforce
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Saith that he was in the house with the
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other Informants and went up stairs into the Work shop of
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Franklin which Franklin unlocked and upon making
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Search found a Quantity of bad Half pence together with a
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Quantity of bad Silver and on Franklin's desk was a Pocket
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book which this Informant Inspected and found there in
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