The Confess of Wm Dickson< no role >
taken ye 26 of Decembr 1718
. before
Sr
Wm Fryer< no role >
. one of his Majesties Justices of Peace
for Lady
This Examinon Oath Saith on Tuesday morning last past abt 4 a Clock
he Thos Goodrun< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.
& Edward Burnworth< no role > This name instance is in set 1442144214420.
went together to ye House of
Wm Gilbert< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.
a Small coal man
in Grubstreet
yt he Wm Dickenson< no role >
went
up a little Court behind in Gilberts house, where they advised him to pull of
his Shoes which they took care of, & he gott over a Wall into Mr. Gilberts
Yard, & opened ye Casement of Mr. Gilberts Kitchin & Went these at into
ye house & took out of ye sd Mr. Gilberts house one Silver Tankard
& Seven Silver spoons & return'd ye same way to ye Wall yt he had gott
over, where his two aforesaid companions were, who helpt his door
& imediately Seanlet his Porhetts, & took from his ye sd Silver Tanhards
& Spoons. & yt he & ye sd Goodrun & Burnworth, went altogether to
ye Brandy shop of one Richd Tailor< no role >
in Barbican.
where they shewed
the sd Tankard & spoons to ye sd Tailor. who asht him where they had
committed ye robbery. & they told the sd Tailor it was in Newtners lane
to which Tailor reply'd & it it was so far of it was well enough & sent
his Wife to Kath Brown< no role >
& she would went ye for ye & Brown
came accordingly to ye sd Shop. & there Brown bought ye & carried
ye away with her. ye he merws not how much Brown paid for ye
but he ye sd Dickson had Thirteen Shill for his Share of ye Money &
they pretended he had three Shill more then any of ye to his share
Capt coram me
Decemb 26 1718
John Fryer< no role >
ye Mark of
William [mark] Dickson< no role >