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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n551-1">Ann Field</rs>
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Wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n551-2">William<lb></lb>
Field</rs>
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No 5 Russell Court <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo310">Covent Garden</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n551-3">Charles Jealous</rs>
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taken before me Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n551-4">Sampson<lb></lb>
Wright</rs>
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Knight one of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45034_occ127">Justices of<lb></lb>
the peace</rs>
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in and for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo311">County of Middlesex</rs>
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this 21st. Day of April 1788</p>
<p n="552">Who being upon Oath say And first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-1">Ann Field</rs>
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<lb></lb>
for herself says that on Saturday last about Nine<lb></lb>
o' Clock at Night Two Men now present who calls<lb></lb>
themselves <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-2">Richard Ling</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-3">George Fletcher</rs>
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<lb></lb>
came into her shop in Russell Court aforesaid<lb></lb>
when the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-4">George Fletcher</rs>
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asked this Deponent<lb></lb>
if she had a Second Hand Shirt to sell, to which<lb></lb>
she answered Yes, she asked who it was for and<lb></lb>
Fletcher said it was for himself, upon which she told<lb></lb>
him her Linen was very large and not fit for him,<lb></lb>
upon he desired her to shew him what shirts she had<lb></lb>
this she refused to do, upon which the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-5">George<lb></lb>
Fletcher</rs>
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laid hold of a Silk Gown (now produced)<lb></lb>
which was hanging behind the Shop Door pull'd<lb></lb>
it down and ran away with it, and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-6">Richard<lb></lb>
Ling</rs>
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also ran away with the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-7">George Fletcher</rs>
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And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-8">Charles Jealous</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
saith that soon after the above Robbery he received<lb></lb>
Information that three Men who were supposed to<lb></lb>
have committed the same, were gone into a Court<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo312">Drury Lane</rs>
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call'd Nags head Court, that he went<lb></lb>
into a house there kept by Mrs. Murphy and in<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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the Back Room two Pair of Stairs he saw the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-9">George Fletcher</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-10">Richard Ling</rs>
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and also a person who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n552-11">William<lb></lb>
Metcalfe</rs>
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(and who is now present) and under the Arm<lb></lb>
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