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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n92-1">Gerrard Proudfoot</rs>
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Whites Yard<lb></lb>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo87">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ22">Salesman</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n92-2">James Mathews</rs>
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Wheel Alley</rs>
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in the said County White Smith<lb></lb>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n92-3">George Reynolds</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo89">Bell Lane</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken on Oath before us this 24th day<lb></lb>
of December 1782.</p>
<p n="93">First this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-1">Gerrard Proudfoot</rs>
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for himself on his<lb></lb>
Oath Saith that on Sunday last being the twenty second day<lb></lb>
of December Inst. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-2">Richard Barnes</rs>
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now Present came into<lb></lb>
his Room in<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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Whites Yard aforesaid That a<lb></lb>
Silver Watch his Property was then hanging up in the<lb></lb>
Room That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-3">Richard Barnes</rs>
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observed to him<lb></lb>
this Informant "the Watch did not go" upon which he this<lb></lb>
Informant took the Watch down and put it on the Table<lb></lb>
That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-4">Richard Barnes</rs>
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then went down into the<lb></lb>
Court and the this Informant followed him and saw him<lb></lb>
the said Richard Playing in the Court with two other<lb></lb>
BoysThat white he this Informant was talking with<lb></lb>
his Landlord at the Door the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-5">Richard Barnes</rs>
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again<lb></lb>
went up Stair<del>and presently</del>
into this Informants Room<lb></lb>
and presently returned That on this Informants going<lb></lb>
into his room he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
missed his Watch and<lb></lb>
Suspecting that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-6">Richard Barnes</rs>
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had stole it<lb></lb>
he immediately pursued and Took him and delivered<lb></lb>
him into the Custody of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-7">James Mathews</rs>
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That the Brass<lb></lb>
Compasses now produced by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-8">James Mathews</rs>
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<lb></lb>
are the Property of him this Informant and believes were<lb></lb>
Stolen out of his Room at the time aforesaid and That the<lb></lb>
two Boys now Present who call themselves <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-9">George<lb></lb>
Reynolds</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-10">James Church</rs>
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were the two Boys who<lb></lb>
were playing with the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n93-11">Richard Barnes</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo92">Angel<lb></lb>
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aforesaid<del>at</del>
about the time he was Robbed.</p>
<p n="94">This Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n94-1">James Mathews</rs>
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for himself on his<lb></lb>
Oath saith that he apprehended and took into Custody<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n94-2">Richard Barnes</rs>
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and on Searching him found<lb></lb>
in his Pocket the Brass Compasses now by him<lb></lb>
Produced</p>
<p n="95">And this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n95-1">George Reynolds</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
on his Oath Saith that he was Playing with the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n95-2">Richard Barnes</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo93">Angel Court</rs>
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<lb></lb>
afsd on Sunday last That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n95-4">Richard Barnes</rs>
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<lb></lb>
went<del>up Stairs</del>
into a<del>Room</del>
House there and soon after<lb></lb>
returned that as they were going away together</p>
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