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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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that she waited three or four minutes until she could walk to the
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door & then she went to it & opened it and ran up to the maidsroom
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says her room door was botted on the inside says she was in bed when
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the leard the pistol
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off & she believes it was between the hour of
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one and two. the Leard house herts, she is sun the first was a pistol
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but the letter was not so loud. That when she went from the back room
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while front room she
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Leard for brother either in his own room or
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going to it and she called to him and sayed Mr. Eddislad been on the
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Leads but was gone into his house, and he deceived her to go into her
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room
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her fathers room says that about two months ago something Led been thrown at
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the Window and on Dept. looking thro. to see what it was she saw Mr.
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Edis who live in the adjoining house standing on the leads and she says
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several might afterwards he threw some this against her Window
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and about three Weeks ago she informed her Father of it which she
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believes was the reason he desired her to sleep in the front room
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Says she told the Maids what She had Leard of the pistol
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off,
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and one of them went down stairs and afterwards the other Servant
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were alarmed. Dept says the deced's coming on the leads was atlast
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her privity or consent. That about a month ago the deced attempted
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to get in at the Window of the back room when she was in bed
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there & she prevented him by putting the Sash down.
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Sworn the 13 July 1789
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before me
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Thos. Shelton
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