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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2345-1">Lawrence Erhart</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2345-2">John<lb></lb>
Smith</rs>
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taken before me <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2345-3">Samuel Hawkins</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ1018">Esquire</rs>
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one of His Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ1019">Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace</rs>
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for the said County the<lb></lb>
day of November 1786 Who being on their Oaths<lb></lb>
say And,</p>
<p n="2346">First the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2346-1">Lawrence Erhart</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
saith that last Night about Ten o' Clock<lb></lb>
he went in Company with the Woman now<lb></lb>
present who says her Name is <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2346-2">Mary Flanningan</rs>
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to a House in a <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2530">Back Street</rs>
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near <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2531">White Chapel</rs>
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that he laid down with her on<del>the</del>
a bed there<lb></lb>
that whilst he was so with her on the sd Bed he verily<lb></lb>
believes she the said Mary Flanningan Picked his<lb></lb>
pocket of four Guineas and a French Crown<lb></lb>
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That he felt her hand in<lb></lb>
his<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Breeches Pocket upon which he Immediately<lb></lb>
felt therein and found his purse Empty<lb></lb>
and his Money gone that he then told her she<lb></lb>
had Robbed him upon which the replied " You<lb></lb>
" lie" and immediately called in another Woman<lb></lb>
who called to somebody else for a Candle<del>upon which</del>
when a Man<lb></lb>
brought one Alightfurther saith that he offered<lb></lb>
her half the Money if she would return the<lb></lb>
rest but she still persisted the had not got it<lb></lb>
<del>an upon which, he</del>
That he then left the House and soon<lb></lb>
after met a Peace Officer who went with him<lb></lb>
back to the said House and took the said Woman<lb></lb>
into Custody and also saw him find and</p>
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