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was feloniously stolen by the said Mary Casey< no role > and this said
Informant and was the Property of the said Isabella Lawson< no role >
And this Informant further Saith that Yesterday Morning about one
or two o'Clock she was [..] in bed at a House of the said Mary
Sampson
< no role > 's in Parrot Alley East Smithfield and the said Deborah
Jones
< no role > came to the Door and knocked for Admittance that this said
Informant got up and opened the Door that she then saw the said
Deborah Jones< no role > the aforesaid Elizabeth Walker< no role > and a Men unknown
that they Three came into the Room where she had been in bed that
this Informant went and stood at the door of that room and then and
there saw the said Deborah Jones< no role > andthrew him down on the Bed
and put her hand into his Pocket and take out a Rowe or Bag on
which the man cryed" he was robed she had got his Rowe and Two
Guineas" or to that or the like effect and instantly got hold of his said
Rorse or Bag and of the said Deborah Jones< no role > to prevent her running
away therewith that then the aforesaid Elizabeth Walker< no role > interfeced
and struck the man and threatened to cut his Throat if he made a
Noise and so forced the man to let go his hold whereby the aforesaid
Deborah Jones< no role > made her escape with the money and after the man
was gone she came back again to the said last mentioned house
and went into a chamber up one pair of Stairs with the said Elizabeth
Walker
< no role > and this Informant and there the said Deborah Jones< no role > produced
a Purse or Bag and Two Guineas which she acknowledged she
had taken from the aforementioned Man and having cut such
Purse or Bag into Peices threw it away but this Informant had
no Part of that money And this Informant further and lastly
Saith that the said Elizabeth Walker< no role > during the Scuffle with the
said Man and the said Deborah Jones< no role > and before the said Elizabeth
Walker
< no role > struck the said Man as aforesaid feloniously took from the
neck of the said man one Handkerchief his property by force and
against his will but what she the said Elizabeth Walker< no role > did with
the said Handkerchief this Informant cannot declare and this said
Informant doth charge the aforesaid Mary Casey< no role > with Burglariously
breaking and entering the House of the said Isabella Lawson< no role > in the night
Time and feloniously stealing thereout one pair of Sheets the Property of
the




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