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in the Cold stream Regiment
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of foot Guards taken before me this 24th. day of
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December 1782.
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Who being upon Oath says that last Sunday was
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sevennight between the hours of two and three o Clock as this Infor-
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David Branwood
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who were pulling down four Houses
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belonging to the Governors of the Gray Coat Hospital in
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of the Royal Foundation of Queen Ann
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That the said
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had in his Hands a long
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Wooden Pole and
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pulled down and demolished a
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a great Quantity of Wood Work of said Houses and carried
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away the Timber belonging to the same; and that the
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pulled it downThat there
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were to the Amount
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of
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Thirty Persons
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present who were all
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riotously and tumultuously assembled together to the
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Disturbance of the Public Peace and who assisted in pulling
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down the said Dwelling Houses all the insides of which
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an pulled down and carried away Jas Kerton
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Sworn before me this
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24th. day of Decemr. 1782}
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