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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n42-1">David Lewis</rs>
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Mitchell</rs>
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White</rs>
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1784</rs>
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<p n="43">Who being on their Oaths say and First the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n43-4">David<lb></lb>
Lewis</rs>
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for himself <del>on his</del>
saith That last Night<lb></lb>
about Six o'Clock he delivered to <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n43-1">Joshua Mitchell</rs>
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to John and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n43-2">John Field</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n43-5">Richard<lb></lb>
Labrum </rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15095_geo65">lower Thames Street</rs>
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and Hempen<lb></lb>
Sack Containing about Fifty Six Pounds of Onion<lb></lb>
Seed to be by him the said Joshua to be Conveyed<lb></lb>
to his said Masters.</p>
<p n="44">This <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15095_occ66">Informant</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n44-1">Joshua Mitchell</rs>
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for himself saith<lb></lb>
That he received the aforesaid Hempen Sack<lb></lb>
and Onion Seed from the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n44-2">David Lewis</rs>
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as<lb></lb>
aforesaid<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
and put the same into his Masters<lb></lb>
Cart then Standing at Mr Lewis's Door on <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15095_geo66">Cornhill</rs>
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<lb></lb>
aforesaid and Fastened the same to the side of<lb></lb>
the said Cart That between this place and<lb></lb>
the Monument in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15095_geo67">Grace Church Street</rs>
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the said<lb></lb>
Sack and Seed were Stolen out of his sd Cart<lb></lb>
and that the Hempen Sack no Produced<lb></lb>
Containing a Quantity of onion Seed is the property<lb></lb>
of his said Masters and the same sack that was<lb></lb>
Stolen from him as aforesaid.</p>
<p n="45">And this <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15095_occ67">Informant</rs>
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<del>Joseph</del>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n45-1">John Lee</rs>
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for himself saith<lb></lb>
that last Night the person now present who calls<lb></lb>
himself <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n45-3">John Arrow</rs>
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about Eight o'Clock came to<lb></lb>
his Masters Shop in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15095_geo68">White Chapel</rs>
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if he would Buy a<lb></lb>
Quantity of Onion Seed that he would let him<lb></lb>
have a Bargain That after some Conversation<lb></lb>
between them he this <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15095_occ69">Informant</rs>
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bought<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
the<lb></lb>
said Seed of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15095_n45-2">John Arrow</rs>
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and paid him<lb></lb>
Seven Shillings for the same That the said John<lb></lb>
Arrow left the Sack now produced containing the<lb></lb>
said Seed was to call for the same<del>that</del>
the Morning of<lb></lb>
this Day This Informa<del>tion</del>
nts further saith that<lb></lb>
as soon as he saw his Master he told him what<lb></lb>
he had done who<obscured></obscured>
suspecting the <del>same had</del>
<lb></lb>
said Sack and Seed had</p>
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