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The Information of
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Mathew Daw
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to the Honble.
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Frederic Vane
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taken on Oath before me
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this 18th. day of May 1789.
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Who being on Oath says that about half an hour
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past Ten oClock this Morning the Great Coat now produced was
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Stolen from off the box of his Master's Carriage as it stood
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in the Coach-house adjoining to
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Chelsea Colledge
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and upon this
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Informant making known his loss, he was informed that two
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Men had been down the Yard with Asses Carrying Potatoes
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and that it must
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be one of them that had taken the
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said Coat. Upon receiving such information this Informant
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enquired which way the said men were gone and then pursued
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them that this Informant overlook the prisoner now present
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who Calls himself
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George Woodland
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about four hundred Yards
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on the other side
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Battersea Bridge
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and that said prisoner as
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soon as he saw this Informant, took said Great Coat out of
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a Hamper (which his Ass was Carrying) and threw it over
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a Hedge. That this Informant then took said Prisoner into
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Custody who begged for Mercy and wanted this Informant to
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forgive him And this Informant further saith that the treat
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Coat now produced is the same that was Stolen from the Carriage
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as aforesaid and is the property of his Master The Honble
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Frederic Vane
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Sworn before me the day
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and Year above written
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Sampn Wright}
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Matthew Tom
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