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<p n="238"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo196">Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit</note>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n238-1">John Porter</rs>
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at the Sun and Hat Block<lb></lb>
Alehouse in the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ47">Maize</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n238-2">Tooley Street</rs>
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, South wark <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ48">Stocking<lb></lb>
maker</rs>
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, taken before me this 7th. day of January 1783</p>
<p n="239">Who being upon Oath says, that this Evening about half<lb></lb>
past 5 o Clock he went to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo197">Covent Garden</rs>
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Theatre. That in going<lb></lb>
up the one Shilling Gallery Stairs, he saw a Person now present<lb></lb>
who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n239-1">Daniel Martin</rs>
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on the left side of him<lb></lb>
That in going higher up the Stairs he left the said Daniel<lb></lb>
Martins hand against his Breeches pocket, at which tune<lb></lb>
he is very sure he had in his Pocket Six Shillings.That<lb></lb>
he told said Martin to keep his Hand from this Informants<lb></lb>
pocket, soon after which he found his Pocket turned<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
out<lb></lb>
and his Money gone. And further says that he is very sure<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n239-2">Daniel Martin</rs>
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picked his Pocket of the said six<lb></lb>
shillings</p>
<p n="240"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n240-1">John Porter</rs>
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<p n="241">Sworn before me this<lb></lb>
7th. day of Janry: 1783}</p>
<p n="242"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n242-1">Sampr Wright</rs>
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