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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50481_n23-1">Charles Syms</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50481_n23-2">Richd. Allbut</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken before me one of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50481_occ7">Justces of the<lb></lb>
Peace</rs>
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for the said County</p>
<p n="24">Who being sevry. on Oath say & first then Jus <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50481_n24-1">Charles Syms</rs>
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for<lb></lb>
him self saith That between Eleaven & Twelve o' Clock last Night<lb></lb>
as the Jus was a Coming home he met a Person now present<lb></lb>
who calls herself <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50481_n24-2">Isabella Tompson</rs>
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who picked up this Jus<lb></lb>
and asked him to so home with her and there on the Jus went with<lb></lb>
her to one Mr Newberry's and there and a Puit of wine made<lb></lb>
into a Negur, and this Juf intending to pay for the sd. Nepur he<lb></lb>
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putt his hand into a Private Packet he had in his Coal and<lb></lb>
pulled out as he thought one shills & Six Pence lent this Jus<lb></lb>
saw when<obscured></obscured>
laid the sd. Mony down that the peice which he so<lb></lb>
took suppored to be a shill.g was a guinea whereupon the Jus.<lb></lb>
put the sd. Guinea into the said pocket & drew out a<obscured></obscured>
& pd<lb></lb>
for the sd Negus and went out & parted with the sd Isabella and<lb></lb>
about fifty yards from the sd. house a Man serjed this Jus &<lb></lb>
Pulmiond his Arms & Imediately the sd. Isabella came cross the<lb></lb>
was and whill this Juf arms was so pists cou'd by the pd. Man the<lb></lb>
sd. Isabella put her hand into the sd. Prioat Pocket of this Iuss<lb></lb>
took thereout 2 guineas & a Six & Thirty & ranaway & the Infor<lb></lb>
Pursued her and called Watch and the Jus Richd. Allbut for himself<lb></lb>
saith that about Twelve he heard a Cry of stop Thief & this Jus<lb></lb>
seeing the sd Issabella can and the other Infrminng after her<lb></lb>
the Jus stop the said Isabella & brought her to the watch house</p>
<p n="25">Sworn the 8. day of<lb></lb>
March 1760 before me}</p>
<p n="26"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50481_n26-1">Charles Sims</rs>
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<p n="27">The mark<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50481_n27-1">Richd Allbut</rs>
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