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<p n="302"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo195">Middlesex</rs>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n302-1">George Potter</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo196">Charing Cross</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo197">Haberdasher</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n302-2">Charles Morris</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n302-3">Whitcombe Street</rs>
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Smith, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n302-4">Richard Collins</rs>
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Servant to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n302-5">George Potter</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n302-6">John<lb></lb>
Hudson</rs>
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Servant to the same taken on<lb></lb>
Oath before me this 21st. day of May 1789.</p>
<p n="303">Who being on Oath Severally say and first the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n303-1">George Potter</rs>
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for himself says that <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n303-2">William Stephenson</rs>
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now present has been his servant about two Years that having<lb></lb>
reason to suspect that the said Stephenson had<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
frequently<lb></lb>
robbed his Till of Money he Yesterday determined to Watch him<lb></lb>
and for that purpose sent him out on a message whilst this<lb></lb>
Informant and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n303-3">Charles Morris</rs>
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bored a hole in the<lb></lb>
Wainscott of between <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo198">the passage</rs>
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of his House and the Shop<lb></lb>
in order to Command a view of two of his Tills in said Shop<lb></lb>
<del>and</del>
this Informant and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n303-4">Charles Morris</rs>
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having<lb></lb>
previously marked an half Guinea, an half Crown piece, Eight<lb></lb>
Shilling's and two Six pences in order to put into one of said<lb></lb>
Tills that having understood that said Stephenson had robbed<lb></lb>
his Tills at or about four oClock being the general time of<lb></lb>
this Informants going to Dinner he yesterday just before his<lb></lb>
Dinner was ready took said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n303-5">John Hudson</rs>
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up Stairs Shewed<lb></lb>
him said marked Money told him of his intentions and<lb></lb>
desired him to particularly notice said money which being<lb></lb>
done Informant went down into his Shop took out all the<lb></lb>
Money in the outer part of his Silver till and put the same<lb></lb>
into the Inner part of said Till and in the outer part he<lb></lb>
put the said marked money and locked the Till that<lb></lb>
Informant then went into his passage looking the door after</p>
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