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<p n="1651"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1104">Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit</note>
<lb></lb>
Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1651-1">Peter Mooney</rs>
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, No. 2 Green<lb></lb>
Lettuce Court Fore Street near <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1105">Cripplegate</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1106">City of London</rs>
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Mariner and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1651-2">Ann Hall</rs>
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of the<lb></lb>
Plough in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1107">Beaufort Buildings</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45028_occ388">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1651-3">Robert<lb></lb>
Hall</rs>
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taken before me this 5th. day of May 1784</p>
<p n="1652">Who being on Oath say, and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1652-1">Peter Mooney</rs>
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says<lb></lb>
that yesterday morning about 4 o Clock he was accosted by a<lb></lb>
Person now present who calls herself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1652-2">Elizabeth Gearish</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1108">the Strand</rs>
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who<lb></lb>
took him to the House of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1652-3">James Taylor</rs>
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(now present) the Kings<lb></lb>
Arms on Savay Hill in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1109">the Strand</rs>
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aforesaidThat he<lb></lb>
undressed himself and went to Bed and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1652-4">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Gearish</rs>
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soon afterwards laid down on the same Bed with him<lb></lb>
but did not pull off her CloathsThat he put his Purse<lb></lb>
containing Ten Guineas and Ten shillings under the Bolster<lb></lb>
of the Bed in said RoomThat in about a quarter of an<lb></lb>
hour afterwards he heard said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1652-5">Elizabeth Gearish</rs>
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get up<lb></lb>
and go awayThat he immediately missed his Purse<lb></lb>
and Money and is very sure she stole the same<lb></lb>
And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1652-6">Ann Hall</rs>
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says that between the hours of ten and twelve<lb></lb>
o Clock yesterday morning the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1652-7">Elizabeth Gearish</rs>
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(who<lb></lb>
is called "Great Bess") came into this Informants House in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45028_geo1110">Beaufort Buildings</rs>
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and had a Glass of GinThat the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1652-8">Elizabeth Gearish</rs>
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requested this Informant to let her leave<lb></lb>
7 Guineas in her Care which she refused to take alledging<lb></lb>
that she believed she had not come honestly by it</p>
<p n="1653"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1653-1">Peter Mooney</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1653-2">Ann Hall</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1654">Sworn before me this<lb></lb>
5th day of May 1784}</p>
<p n="1655"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n1655-1">Sampn Wright</rs>
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