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<p n="328"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo264">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit}</note>
<lb></lb>
The voluntary Evidence of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n328-1">Samuel<lb></lb>
Bowyer</rs>
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taken before us Two of<lb></lb>
his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ68">Justices of the peace</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in and for the said County</p>
<p n="329">Who being upon Oath saith that he<lb></lb>
is Coachman to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n329-1">Joah Bates</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ69">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45027_occ70">one of<lb></lb>
the Commissioners of his Majestys<lb></lb>
Victualling Office</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo265">Tower Hill</rs>
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that about<lb></lb>
Six Weeks age he was going to fetch his Master<lb></lb>
home in his Carriage<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
about Ten<lb></lb>
o Clock in the Evening when a Person<lb></lb>
now present who calls himself<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n329-2">William Cox</rs>
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together with one <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n329-3">Robert Gordon</rs>
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<lb></lb>
applied to this Informt. to carry Three Bags<lb></lb>
or Bundles of Iron hoops to a House in<lb></lb>
Pettycoat Lane <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo266">Whitechapel</rs>
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which<lb></lb>
was put into the Carriage by the said<lb></lb>
Cox and Gordon and they followed him<lb></lb>
to Pettycoat Lane where the said Hoops<lb></lb>
were sold and they gave this Informt.<lb></lb>
four Shillings and Six pence as his Share<lb></lb>
for the sale of the same And this infomt.<lb></lb>
further saith that the Hoops abovesd.<lb></lb>
were the property of the King and<lb></lb>
was feloniously taken and carried<lb></lb>
away from the Stores of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo267">Victualling<lb></lb>
Office</rs>
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by the said Two Persons <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n329-4">William<lb></lb>
Cox</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n329-5">Robert Gordon</rs>
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And further<lb></lb>
that<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
the sd Cox and Gordon had often<lb></lb>
applied to him for the Key of his Masters<lb></lb>
Stables for the purpose of putting the</p>
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