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<p n="286"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo317">Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n286-1">Thomas Davis</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo318">No: 72</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo319">Lombard<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo320">City of London</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ121">Silversmith</rs>
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taken before<lb></lb>
me this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45032_date57">9th. day of April 1787</rs>
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<p n="287">Who being upon Oath Saith, that about a quarter part Six<lb></lb>
oClock on Friday last he sent for an Hackney Coach from off<lb></lb>
the Stand in CornhillThat a person now present who calls<lb></lb>
himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n287-1">Joseph Tomlin</rs>
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came with an Hackney Coach No 755<lb></lb>
to the Door of this Informant That Informant and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n287-2">John Brothers</rs>
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his <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ122">Journeyman</rs>
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with the Assistance of said Tomlin endeavoured to put a large Chest<lb></lb>
containing Silver Plate into said Coach, but being too large, it<lb></lb>
would not go in, That Informant and said Brothers then took<lb></lb>
said Chest of Plate again into his House<del>again</del>
unlocked it<lb></lb>
and took three Drawers, in which said Plate was and put them<lb></lb>
into said Coach, and tied the empty Chest behind the CoachThat<lb></lb>
said Plate consisted of four Silver Butter Boats, one Silver Tea<lb></lb>
Pot, one Silver Bread Basket a Silver Milk Ewer and divers<lb></lb>
other Articles of Silver PlateThat Informant after seeing<lb></lb>
said Drawers with said Plate, put into said Coach, got<lb></lb>
into the Same, and was driven by said Tomlin to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo321">Great Russel Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo322">Bloomsbury</rs>
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-That Informant then desired said Tomlin to<lb></lb>
take the Chest from behind, and he would assist him, which<lb></lb>
he didThat said Tomlin and Informant then took said<lb></lb>
Chest into the House of Mr. Pearce in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo323">Great Russel Street</rs>
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aforesaid<lb></lb>
after which he this Informant to said Coach and took thereout two<lb></lb>
of said Drawers (being the smalllest) and left the third in which<lb></lb>
said<del>Coach</del>
Silver Milk Ewer was, remaining in said Coach<lb></lb>
and said Tomlin Standing at the Door of the sameThat<lb></lb>
on Informants returning to said Coach, said Tomlin asked him<lb></lb>
if he should get into the Coach, and assist him in getting<lb></lb>
out the other drawer, which he didThat on getting it<lb></lb>
into said Mr. Pearses House he paid said Tomlin half a Crown<lb></lb>
and he drove away with his CoachThat said Tomlin having</p>
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