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The Information of
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Nathaniel Conant
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Joseph Girdler
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Joseph Faikney
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Esqr. three of his Majesty's
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Justices
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for the said County this 15th. day of May 1784.
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Who being upon Oath saith that an Saturday the first day of May
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last she this Informant was attending the wife of the prisoner
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Thomas
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Peirse
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situate in
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saint John Street
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and
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a person came in to buy a Hat and asked for a Round one and
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Mrs. Peirse went into the Shop but could not find one and thereupon
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she desired the Customer to call again in a short time when Mr Pierse would
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be at homeThat Mrs. Peirse appeared much alarmed and said to this
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Informant she was a paid the prisoner was about no good or to that effect
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and desired Informant to go into the Shop and examine the Cases' where
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the Hats were usually kept which this Informant accordingly did
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to all the Cases in the Shop being three or four
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five
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in the whole but could not find one
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Hat and also behind the counter but this Informant could not find any round Hats there And this Informant further saith that the prisoner shortley
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after came home when after some Conversation between him and his Wife
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Mrs. Peirse told this Informant that the prisoner had explained everything
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about the Hats to her Satisfaction: that he had another Shop in partnership
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with some other person and that the Goods were gone back there having
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been brought from thence on Account of a Quarrel which was then made up
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And this Informant saith that being employed as Chair Woman or Servant
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to the said Mrs. Peirse she this Informant had an opportunity of knowing
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What Household Goods the prisoner had in his House and that the same
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consisted
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did not consist of many valuable Articles
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but of very few Articles of very few Articles all under the value of Twenty pounds
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and this Informant
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also saith that there was no silver plate in the said House to this Deponents knowledge
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when the same
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was burnt
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on the Sunday preceding the Fire and that the Spoons which the prisoner had were made
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of Metal And this Informant further saith that on the Friday preceding
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the Fire between two and three o'Clock in the Afternoon the prisoner gave
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this Informant Two Coats Five Waistcoats and Two pair of
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and
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desired her to take them to the
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public House and he
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