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The Information of
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Edmund Wade
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Justices of
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for the said County the Twentieth day of January
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one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty three
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Richard Woolger
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Saith That he is Coachman to Mr.
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Robert Harrison
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of
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Hoxton
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in the Parish of
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Saint Leonard Shoreditch
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And Saith that on Wednesday Evening last about seven o' Clock the
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Coach house belonging to the said
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Robert Harrison
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his Master was
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Robert
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his Master And further Saith that the Hammer cloth
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as aforesaid.
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And this Informant
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Edmund Wade
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Saith That on Wednesday Evening
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last about Eight O'Clock he met
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the Prisoner now
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Custody
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under Examination in
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near
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spital Square
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going along towards
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with a Bundle under his Arm, That
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this Informant knowing
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the said
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William Rose
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to be a person of bad
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fame and suspecting the Bundle to have been stolen he followed
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him about two Hundred Yards when this Informant attempted to
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Seize hold of him, Upon this the said
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threw down the
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That this Informant took up the
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away and make his Escape That this Informant pursued him as for
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as
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where he took
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him into Custody. And this
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Informant further Saith That the said Bundle Contained in Pillow,
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and the Hammer cloth now produced by him, and before Sworn to
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by the said
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to be the property of and to have been
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stolen from, the said
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Robert Harrison
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as aforesaid.
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Taken and Sworn at the Public
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Office in
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the day and Year aforesaid before me}
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Penleaze.
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