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Sarah Hall
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George Harrison
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Constables
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St:
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William Draper
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Henry Low
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Mary Richards
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(now a prisoner in
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the Gate house at Westmt: diverse linnen &
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other things knowing them to be Feloniously
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stolen because a pair of white Stockings
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the property of his Informt: were found
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yaster duly in his custody & likewise a Silk
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Handkercher some time before this Informt:
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property Secondly Sarah, Hall maketh Oath
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property of her said Master at the said
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Henry Lowr
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. house for which She paid him
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one shilling & three six pences to redeem is
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Thirdly
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George Harrison
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maketh Oath thus
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one
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Mary Richards
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brought to him a wet
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Holland Shirs to pawn but he suspecting is
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to be stolen stops is & presently after the
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Henry Low
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came to him this Informt:
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said it was his Shirt wch. appears to be the
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property of the said
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William Draper
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:
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& likewise the said
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Henry Low
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then pulled out
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of his pocket 10 Silk Handkercher saying
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this Informt: had the fellon of it wch. appears
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likewise to be property of the said
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Willm. Draper
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Esqr. Pourthly
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John Mason
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maketh Oath
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that he found the aforesaid white Stockings
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in the Custody of the said
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Henry Low
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& that he
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said he would have burns the Stockings if
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he had known of a search warrant
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Willm. Draper
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Sarah Hall
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Geo: Harrison
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>
John Mason
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inst
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type
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"given"
value
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inst
=
"LMSMPS50389_n772-4"
type
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value
=
"Mason"
>
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>
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inst
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>
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p
n
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Sworn before
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>
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>
me the
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"LMSMPS50389_date152"
>
15th day of
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>
</
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>
Septr: 1748
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type
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value
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,
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J: Fraser
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p
>
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div1
>
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