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The Information of
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Joseph
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Jackson
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Servant
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to him the said
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John Welsford
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. taken
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upon Oath this
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second day of January 1788
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before me
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one of the Alderman
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of the said City.
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First this Informant
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John Welsford
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for himself saith that on
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or about the twenty third Day of December last he received a Letter
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from the other Informant
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Joseph Jackson
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acquainting him that he
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Suspected the Prisoner
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John Langford
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of having robbed this Informant
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of several Goods in his Warehouse, and that in Consequence of such
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Information
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Informant on the twenty fourth of last Month came to
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London and on Friday last Informant charged the said
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with having robbed this Informant, when the said
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John Langford
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confessed
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that he had stolen out of this Informant's Warehouse in
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at different
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Times several Quantities of Silk Twist Buttons Ferrett and Thread which
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he had concealed in the lower Warehouse previous to his taking them
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away And Informant further saith that the said
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John Langford
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having
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also confessed to him that he was induced to commit such Robbery by
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Robert Kimber
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this Informant's last
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Servant
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, he this Informant, procurd
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a Warrant to search the Apartments of the said
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Robert Kimber
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near
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in the Parish of
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Saint James Clerkenwell
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and this
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Informant upon such Search found in a Box in the said
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Robert Kimber
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Apartment to the Amount of thirty seven Pounds and sixteen Shilling"
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in Cash and Bank Notes And Informant further saith that the said
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confessed to him that he had received several Quantities of
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Goods stolen by the said
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John Langford
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and which he, the said
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Robert
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had sold to
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William Annand
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of
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Shoemaker Row
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near Aldgate
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London
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Piece-Broker
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, whereupon Informant procured a Search Warrant
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and upon searching the House of the said
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William Annand
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this Informant
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found four Gross of plated Buttons, three Pounds Weight of Silk of different
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Colours, half a Pound Weight of Silk Twist and one Pound Weight of Thread
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"And this Informant further saith that the aforesaid Silk, Twist, and Thread
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so found at the House of the said
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William Annand
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and now produced, are,
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as he verily believes the Property of him this Informant; And Informant
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further saith that upon finding his Property in the said
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William Annand
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's
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House, he the said
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William Annand
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"LMSLPS15100_n22-16"
type
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value
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"William"
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"Annand"
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interp
inst
=
"LMSLPS15100_n22-16"
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value
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"male"
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</
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tore off Part of this Informant's Shop Mark
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>
</
lb
>
from one Parcel
<
del
>
Gross
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del
>
of the Plated Buttons.
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p
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p
n
=
"23"
>
And this Informant, the said
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=
"persName"
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=
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>
Joseph Jackson
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>
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interp
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=
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"Jackson"
>
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>
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interp
inst
=
"LMSLPS15100_n23-1"
type
=
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value
=
"male"
>
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>
, for himself saith that on
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lb
>
</
lb
>
the eleventh day of December last he found four Pounds Wright of Thread, and
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lb
>
</
lb
>
a Piece of Silk Ferret containing about twenty four Yards concealed in the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
lower Warehouse belonging to the said
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rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
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>
John Welsford
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>
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</
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>
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interp
inst
=
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type
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value
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"male"
>
</
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>
among a Parcel of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Wrappers, and at several other days this Informant discovered several
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Quantities of Buttons, Silk, Twist, and Thread concealed in the like Manner
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>
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