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<p n="123"> <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15069_date30">11th. Febry 1758</rs>
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<p n="124"> <lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">City and County<lb></lb>
of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo112">Bristol</rs>
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} to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Voluntary & examination and Confession<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n124-1">Jacob Levy</rs>
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of the said City <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15069_occ93">Glassgrinder</rs>
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</p>
<p n="125">Who Voluntarily confessed and says That about Four<lb></lb>
Months since he went from the said City of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo113">Bristol</rs>
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or <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo114">Fleet</rs>
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<lb></lb>
for London & arrived there in about Eight days & lodged at the<lb></lb>
house of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-48">Moses Blackboy</rs>
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otherwise <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-28">Levy</rs>
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(who buys & sell<lb></lb>
second hand & late & otherwise deals in the pedling way) in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo115">chequer<lb></lb>
Court</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo116">White Chappel</rs>
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London, that about twelve days afterwards he<lb></lb>
went to the house of his humle <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-1">Jacob Abraham</rs>
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(now present) who<lb></lb>
Buys & sells second hand Cloths & lives in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo117">Cock & Hoop yard </rs>
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in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo118">Houndsdith</rs>
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neer<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo119"> Aldgate</rs>
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London & there bought of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-2">Jacob Abraham</rs>
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in the presence of his wife & Children vizt.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-3">Hannah Abraham</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-47">Rose Abraham</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15069_n125-47" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-96">JUdith Abraham</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15069_n125-96" type="surname" value="Abraham"></interp>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-4">Abraham Abraham</rs>
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, threeTelescopes in Malegeny Tubes<lb></lb>
about three foot long and three other Telescopes about six foot<lb></lb>
long, two of which one now produced, & the other Four he sold to Mr.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-6">John Wright</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo120">Bristol</rs>
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for Five pounds Five shillings and this<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Examinant further saith that the<lb></lb>
agreed with the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-7">Jacob Abraham</rs>
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for the said Six Telescopes for the<lb></lb>
sum of Five pounds ten Shillings and hath lately remitted his said<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
le Five pounds & at thereof And this Examinant further saith<lb></lb>
that this day he offered for sole the two Telescopes now produced to<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-8">James Hale</rs>
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of the said City of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo121">Bristol</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15069_occ94">attorney at Law</rs>
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(who<lb></lb>
appeared to this Examinant as a seasoning man) for Five<lb></lb>
Guineas which said hale charged this Examinant in Custody of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n125-9">James Parrett</rs>
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one of the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15069_occ95">Mayor's Officers</rs>
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& one of the<lb></lb>
Constables of and belonging to the said City on suspition of<lb></lb>
Steching the said Telescopes</p>
<p n="126">Taken and Acknowledged<lb></lb>
Before me one of his<lb></lb>
Majestys Justices of the & one<lb></lb>
of and for the said City and County<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15069_geo122">Bristol</rs>
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<lb></lb>
B weekes</p>
<p n="127"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15069_n127-1">Jacob Levy</rs>
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