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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Informations of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n48-1">Hector<lb></lb>
Essex</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45035_geo27">the Strand</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45035_occ9">Salesman</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n48-2">Joseph Littler</rs>
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Servant to Mr.<lb></lb>
Jones of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45035_geo28">Fleet Street</rs>
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Pawn broker<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n48-3">James Steward</rs>
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of Green Street<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45035_geo29">Leicester Fields</rs>
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Constable of<lb></lb>
the Parish of Saint Bride and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n48-5">John Dale</rs>
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Servant to <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n48-6">William<lb></lb>
Flemming</rs>
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of Holborn Pawnbroker<lb></lb>
taken before me this 2nd. day of<lb></lb>
February 1788</p>
<p n="49">Who being upon Oath severally say and first the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n49-1">Hector Essex</rs>
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for himself says that about<lb></lb>
one o Clock in the Night between the thirtieth and<lb></lb>
thirty first of January he went to bed at which<lb></lb>
time his House was safe That about four o'Clock<lb></lb>
he was called up by the Watchman who informed<lb></lb>
him the door of his House was open That when<lb></lb>
he came down he found his Shop had been<lb></lb>
robbed and a large quantity of Watches taken<lb></lb>
away and this Informant further says that he<lb></lb>
verily believes the Metal Watch now produced<lb></lb>
by said Joseph Littlor to be one of the Watches<lb></lb>
Stolen in his Shop as aforesaid and<del>whitch</del>
that the said Watch<lb></lb>
he had from a Gentleman to clean. That the<lb></lb>
Silver watch now produced by said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45035_n49-2">John Dale</rs>
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<lb></lb>
he is very sure is one of the Watches so Stolen<lb></lb>
from him as aforesaid and that he verily believes<lb></lb>
the Bead Buckle the inside Case of a Watch now<lb></lb>
produced</p>
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