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ringing a second time the person who was with Informant
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and held the Hat over her face pulled her went out of the
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Parlor locked the door on the Outside. So that she was then
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Confused therein. That the said three men then went
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away but whether backwards or Forwards or in what
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manner She cannot tell, And this Informant further
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Saith that in about five or six Minutes after they were
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gone finding she could not get out of the door she got out of
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door and went
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to the Street door which she found Bolted both at Top and
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had gone out Backwards. That upon her Opening the door
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She found
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(a Porter belonging to her Master) standing
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there and told him there was Thieves in the House
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who went into the house and came out afterwards when an
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Alarm being given several persons went in and Searched the
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house, but found no person therein as she has been Informed
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and verily believes, Lastly Saith that the person who
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first held the hat over her face did not continue so to do
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the whole time, for on her being asked by one of the men
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not know whether there was any in the house or not
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One of the men sayed to him that Confined Informant &
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held the Hat over her face. "You hold her and I will
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go and find the Money". and that the man who then
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held her quitted her. and
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another of the said two
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men came and held her and Staid with her until they
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Taken and Sworn the day
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and Year first above written
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John Staples
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Mary
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