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Image 368 of 45830th March 1770


Middlesex To wit


The Information of Elizabeth Vines< no role >
taken before me this 18th. day of Octor. 1770

Who being upon Oath says that one Night about 5 or 6 weeks before
Michaelmas last one John Clark< no role > who was a Lodger at her house & one John
Joseph Defoe
< no role > otherwise Brown otherwise Smith loaded four Pistols in
the Said John Clarks< no role > Room and went out together, that the Evening
following the said John Clark< no role > & the said John Joseph Defoe< no role > drew Lot
in the said John Clark< no role > 's Room [..] to decide how two Kings which were
then produced should be divided between them when it fell out that
the said John Joseph Defoe< no role > should have a Gold King with a green Stone which
was produced before Sir John Fielding< no role > yesterday and that the said
John Clark< no role > should have another Gold King set with a Red
Stone the Impression of which was a Man's head, says that on Mary
Kirby
< no role > was in the Room with the Said John Clark< no role > & John Joseph Defoe< no role >
when they drew Lots as aforesaid and that she this Informant
was in the Room adjoining and this Informant further says that the
next Evening the said John Clark< no role > told this Informant that the aforesaid
two Kings were taken off a Gold Watcher which was sold to
Thomas Grindall< no role > for ten Guineas.

Sworn before me
October 18. 1770}
WKelyngs

her
Elizabeth [mark] Vines< no role >
Mark.




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