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<p n="405"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo331">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n405-1">John Ketcher</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo332">Parish<lb></lb>
of Christ Church</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo333">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ118">Labourer</rs>
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taken and made on Oath this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45029_date88">10th. day<lb></lb>
of February 1785</rs>
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<p n="406">This Informant on his Oath saith that he is a Watchman in<lb></lb>
the Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo334">Moorfields</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo335">Shoreditch</rs>
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in the said County That on<lb></lb>
Wednesday Morning last the 16th. Instant about a Quarter past<lb></lb>
six<del>in the Morning</del>
this Informant<del>being upon</del>
Going from his Duty as a<lb></lb>
Watchman in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo336">Moorfields</rs>
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<del>and going</del>
down <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo337">Crown Alley</rs>
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<del>there</del>
and<lb></lb>
hearing a Noise in an unhabited House in Crown Alley aforesaid<lb></lb>
he stopt to see what it was and looking<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
in at the two pair<lb></lb>
of Stairs Window he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
perceived two Men (who are <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n406-1">Joseph Lee</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n406-2">John Cox</rs>
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the Prisoners now under Examination) That this<lb></lb>
Informant and another person who was with Informant called<lb></lb>
out to the Men who were in the House and asked them what<lb></lb>
they were about; upon which both the men made a hallowing<lb></lb>
and soon afterwards came out of the House through<del>that</del>
a<lb></lb>
hole which had been made in the Wall. That this Informant<lb></lb>
then enquired who and what they were and suspecting they<lb></lb>
had been attempting to steal some of the Gutter Lead from the<lb></lb>
Top of the House he took them into Custody. That then this<lb></lb>
Informant went up Stairs to the Roof of the House and there<lb></lb>
Perceived that about a Yard in length of the Gutter Lead had<lb></lb>
been ripped or cut and almost severed from the other<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Lead<lb></lb>
upon the Top of the House and this informant verily<lb></lb>
believes that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n406-3">Joseph Lee</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n406-4">John Cox</rs>
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had cut<lb></lb>
and ripped the said Lead with Intent to steal the same</p>
<p n="407">Taken and sworn the day<lb></lb>
and Year aforesaid before<lb></lb>
me}</p>
<p n="408">D Wilmot</p>
<p n="409">The mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n409-1">John Ketcher</rs>
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