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<p n="644"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45033_geo435">Middlesex</rs>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n644-1">Mary Lane</rs>
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the Mother, and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n644-56">Chatebery<lb></lb>
Lane</rs>
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her Childtogather with <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n644-3">Elen: White</rs>
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. and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n644-4">John<lb></lb>
Winterbottom</rs>
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all of the Parish of Chelsea in the said County<lb></lb>
Taken before me <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n644-5">Edward Read</rs>
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Esq one of his Majestgs Justice of the Peace for the said County this first Day of Feby: 1787who Seperately<lb></lb>
upon their Oaths sayfirst <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n644-6">Mary Lane</rs>
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for herself saith, that about 2 O'Clock<lb></lb>
this Day she went into the Garden of the house where she Lodges, (being at<lb></lb>
the Sign of the Red Lyon Publick House in the Kings Road Chelsea) to hangout<lb></lb>
some wet Shirts. Shifts Etc to Dogand that about 4 o Clock her little<lb></lb>
Daughter (Chatebene) came running to her, and in great hurry told her, that she<lb></lb>
had Just seen two Ragged Boys go out of the Garden, and the smallest of<lb></lb>
the Boys had a bundle under his Coat, and that she believed they had been Stealing<lb></lb>
the things out of the Garden, and she desired this Deponent to go to the Window<lb></lb>
and see if some of the things was not goneand the Alarm was immediately<lb></lb>
given in the House, and she pursued them with many othersand in a place<lb></lb>
called Fields Yard in Turks Row Chelsea aforesaidshe saw the great Boy now<lb></lb>
Present who call himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n644-7">John Edwards</rs>
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standing with his Back against a<lb></lb>
large Water Tuband behind Tub she saw one of the Shirts now produced and<lb></lb>
Wet. which she says is one of the Shirts she had about 2 o'Clock. hung out in the<lb></lb>
Garden to dryand which she had taken with other thing to wash for a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45033_occ138">Gentleman</rs>
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<p n="645">And <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n645-1">Chatebene Lane</rs>
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the Child saith. that about 4 o Clock she saw two<lb></lb>
Ragged Boys come out from the Garden, and the smallest Boy had a bundle under<lb></lb>
his Coat, that she knew her Mother had hang some linnen out to dryand she<lb></lb>
immediately run into the house and told her to look out of the Window. for that<lb></lb>
she believed two Boys had Stolen some of the things awayand they was<lb></lb>
but Just Gone</p>
<p n="646">And <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n646-1">John Winterbottom</rs>
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saith, that being at the Red Lyon Publick<lb></lb>
House in the Kings Road Chelsea this Day about 4 o Clock he heard the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45033_geo436">little<lb></lb>
Girl</rs>
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Chatebene Lane. come hurrying in and tell her Mother, that some of the<lb></lb>
linnen was taken away by two Boys, that he immediately pursued them<lb></lb>
and saw, and followed them to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45033_geo437">Castle Yard</rs>
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Turks Row Chelsea aforesaid<lb></lb>
and found the smallest Boy now present who calls himself Will: Esdall<lb></lb>
secreted in the Necessary House</p>
<p n="647">And <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45033_n647-1">Elenr: White</rs>
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saith, that about 4 oClock. she being near Crawfords<lb></lb>
Corner, the end of Turks Row she saw two Boys now present, Edwards and<lb></lb>
Edsall, pursued, that they turned into Turks Row, and she likewise says that<lb></lb>
she saw the smallest Boy Edsall have a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45033_occ139">silk Handft</rs>
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. tied up in a bandle<lb></lb>
and appeared to be linnen, the same now producedand she further saith<lb></lb>
that she perfectly heard the great Boy say to the small one"Damme</p>
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