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taken before me this 2d: Day
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of January 1784.
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Who being on Oath each of them say and First the said
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William Flowlet
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for himself saith that He is a Cutter Lodges at the
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Barley Mow in the
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in the Parish of Paint Margaret
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that this Morning about One oClock He this Informant
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went into the House of Joseph Proffe the
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aforesaid that there He said Two Women who
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call themselves
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that He this
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to their Lodgings at No 45 in Great
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white He this
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held Him this Informant down on a Bed in the Room while the
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Elizabeth
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took off his Cloaths and out of his
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Left hand Breeches Pocket took Silver to the amount of Four Shil-
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lings and six pence that He this Informant ran down Stairs into
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the Street and call'd the Watch
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for himself saith that
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He is a Watchman in Peter Street in the Parish of
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that about Two oClock this Morning the heard somebody
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call came from that He saw the said
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with only
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his Breeches and Shirt on that the said
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William Howlet
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He had been robbed of his Cloaths by Two Women that He this
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Informant went up one pair of Stairs forward and saw the
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Bed that He this Informant searched for the Cloaths found some
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of them others appeared to him to have been tied in particular
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a pair of Buckles found under the Head of the Bed which had
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been taken out of the said William Howlets Shoes that He this
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Informant search'd for Money but found none that one of the
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said Women abused him very much.
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Sworn before me this
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2d: Day of January 1784.}
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