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Image 368 of 68114th October 1786


Middlesex
to wit

The Information of
Mary Dixon< no role > taken before
me One of his Majestys
Justices of the peace for
the said County

Who being upon Oath Saith That on or
about the fifteenth day of Instants She was committed
as a Disorderly Apprentice to Tothill fields
Bridewell , that about a fortnight after & during
her confinement, a person whose name is
unknown to this Informant came into this
Informants' Cell and forcibly threw her
down and put his private parts into her body
that during his connection with her she
felt something wet come from him, that
She several times attempted to Scream
out for assistance but was prevented
by the said person's putting his hand
upon her mouth; that the said person
Soon after went away leaving this
Informant alone in her Cell That about
three hours afterwards the Keeper of the
prison whose name this Informant believe
to be Fluit came into this Informants
Cell with her bread and water, when
this Informant represented to him the injury
She had sustained by the other person
whose name is unknown to her




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