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<p n="273"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo224">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit.}</note>
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THE Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n273-1">Edward Adamson</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo225">Narrow Street</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo226">Saint Ann</rs>
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in the said County <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ56">Chandler</rs>
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:<lb></lb>
Taken this 11th Day of January 1783 before us Two<lb></lb>
of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ57">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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in and for the said County</p>
<p n="274"> Who being upon Oath saith that about half an hour after Eight O Clock on<lb></lb>
Wednesday night the Eighth of January Inst. he was stopped ley<lb></lb>
Two Men near the Horse ferry road <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo227">Limehouse</rs>
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each of whom<lb></lb>
held a knive to each side of his Neck and said "you Boug<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
or Bugger if you Offer to speak a Word your head is<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
here are the Knives at your threat." That one of the said<lb></lb>
two Men then Asked this Informant what Money he had<lb></lb>
about him who told him he had but one Six pence and one<lb></lb>
Farthing which was Crooked, That he was then going to<lb></lb>
take the<del>Money of h</del>
said Six pence and Farthing out of<lb></lb>
his Pocket but was prevented from so doing by one of the said<lb></lb>
Two Men who took the same out of his Pocket and his<lb></lb>
Buckles out of his Shoes and refled his Pockets but look<lb></lb>
nothing more than the said Six pence. Farthing and<lb></lb>
Buckles. That during the time one of the said two Men<lb></lb>
was refling his Pockets the other held a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ58">Knife</rs>
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. to her Throat<lb></lb>
And this Informant further Saith that after they had<lb></lb>
Committed the said Robbery they asked him if he would<lb></lb>
Swear upon the Bible that he would not speak a Word for<lb></lb>
half an hour. to which he Answered he would not They<lb></lb>
then asked the same Question again to which he returned the same<lb></lb>
Answer. They then both went away from Informant and after<lb></lb>
they had got some little distance Informant called out Stop Thief<lb></lb>
whereupon they both ran away, and Informant pursuing<lb></lb>
them and crying out Stop Thief . One of the said Two persons & who<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
th himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n274-1">John Kelly</rs>
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now here present was Stopped by <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n274-2">Anthony Heaton</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and Secured, And this Informant lastly Saith that the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n274-3">John Kelly</rs>
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was one of the said Two persons who stopt him and<lb></lb>
put him in Bodily fear and is the very person who took the six<lb></lb>
pence the Farthing and his Buckles from him</p>
<p n="275">Taken and Sworn the day and Year<lb></lb>
first above written before<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
me}</p>
<p n="276"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n276-1">Edwd. Adamson</rs>
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</p>
<p n="277"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n277-1">Petr Greene</rs>
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