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Middlesex to wit

The Information of Sarah Wagstaff< no role > , John Mills< no role >
John Best< no role > and Robert Belfour< no role > taken before me
this 18th. day of February 1783.

Who on their Oaths say and first the said Sarah Wagstaff< no role > says, that
a person now present who calls herselfMary Weston< no role > was lately
a Servant to this Informants Mother in Duke Street York Buildings ,
and closed from her Service on Thursday last was Sevenight,
immediately after which this Informant missed a Gown and
Petticoat, two other Gowns a White Petticoat, Etca Hat and
Cloak now produced, together with other Articles this Informants
property. And the said John Mills< no role > says that when the said
Mary Weston< no role > was taken into custody on Thursday last, he
found the purple and white Gown now produced on her
back. And the said John Best< no role > says that the Cloak now
produced he found upon the person of the said Mary
Weston
< no role > , and the remainder of the Articles now produced he
found in a One pair of Stairs Back room in the House
of the said Robert Belfour< no role > in Peter Street Westminster ;
which Lodging Room the said Mary Weston< no role > confessed to
be hers. And the said Robert Belfour< no role > says that the
Room in which the said Articles were found in this In
formants house, was occupied by the said Mary Weston< no role > ,
who hired the same, either 3 or 4 Days previous to the said
Things being found therein.

Sarah Wagstaffe< no role > ,
Mills
John Best< no role >
Robt Balfour< no role >

Sworn before me this
18th. day of Febry 1783}

M Addington




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