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The Informacon of Bazill Turton of Wells street by Wells Close by Goodmans fields Taylor 8 Feby 16989

Saith that abot. 3 or 4 dayes ago or a week before Mr. Lawson and mrs. Broadhurst and Io {Hur}son were apprehended and brought before me which was abot. a month ago Mrs. Lawson the wife of the said Mr Lawson gave the Informt. something wrapt in a Cloth which felt hard and round and bid him give it to Mr. Iohnson when he saw him for her husband wanted it And as the Informt went out of the house he mett the said Iohnson and gave it to him and bid him give it to Mr. Lawson and that one or more dayes after the said persons were apprehended and brought before me as above he and the said Iohnson went to search in a Dunghill by Fleet Ditch for Flasks and Crucible which the said Iohnson ahd his there and Iohnson finding the Cruciples {sic} gave them to the Informt. and bid him give them to Mrs. Lawson and abot. 3 dayes after the Informt. and the said Iohnson and Mrs. Lawson went wth. a Candle and Lanthorn and fire shovell to digg in the Dung hill for the Flaskes but could not find them

Bazill Turton

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The Informt. saith also that abot. a fortnight ago she {sic} askt Thomas Shaw a Smith in Wapping by meeting house ally near the Three Compasses to strike some Spanish pistolls and the said Shaw brought a parell of abot. 10 pistolls ready struck and gave the Informt. two of them for which the Informt. was to give him 12d. a piece and that the sd Shaw then struck another Spanish Pistoll, for the Informt. and the Informt. gave him a Groat for striking out

Baz: Turton

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[2] Iurat die et anno preedict
coram Is Newton

[3] Iurat die et Anno preedict
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