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The Informations of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n997-1">Robert French</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n997-2">George Clarke</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n997-3">George Collins</rs>
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John Deely and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n997-4">William Cook</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken upon Oath the 28th. Day of August 1789.</p>
<p n="998">Who upon their sevl. Oaths say and first the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n998-1">Robert French</rs>
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for himself saith that he is a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45036_occ186">Butcher</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
employed the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45036_occ187">Prisoner</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n998-2">William Layton</rs>
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in driving Sheep for<lb></lb>
him when purchased in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45036_geo609">Smithfield</rs>
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to the Field where the<lb></lb>
same are kept till he wants them to kill & then to drive the<lb></lb>
same to his House for such purpose and that that Sheep<lb></lb>
Skin now produced is his Property</p>
<p n="999"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n999-1">George Clark</rs>
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for himself saith that the Prisoner<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n999-2">William Layton</rs>
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came to him on or about the Seventeenth<lb></lb>
Day of August Instant and told him that he wod. be much<lb></lb>
obliged to him if he wod. let his Servant kill a Sheep for<lb></lb>
him that had been returned upon his Hands by a Master<lb></lb>
that he worked for as such Sheep had been lost two<lb></lb>
Days & when found & presented to such Master he wod.<lb></lb>
not receive it as it was wasted & a good deal worse than<lb></lb>
when it was bought but stopt his Wages weekly towards paying for the same and for that Reason he desired he<lb></lb>
wod. kill and make the best of it that he consented to let<lb></lb>
the same be killed & in the Evens, about seven oClock<lb></lb>
the Prisoner brought such Sheep but he the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n999-3">George<lb></lb>
Clarke</rs>
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was gone from Home & therefore did not then see<lb></lb>
the same but his Servant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n999-4">George Collins</rs>
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killed it that<lb></lb>
when came to look at the Carcase next Morning & see<lb></lb>
it turned out so good & the Prisoner <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n999-5">William Layton</rs>
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<lb></lb>
coming to his Shop to see if such Sheep was killed he<lb></lb>
asked the sd. Prisoner <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45036_n999-6">William Layton</rs>
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whose Sheep<lb></lb>
it really was he after some Hesitation declared it was<lb></lb>
his Master Mr. French's that he in Consequence of such</p>
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