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Image 193 of 77428th April 1787


and She gave him the said Things abovementioned

The said George Meacham< no role > for himself Saith That
on Thursday last about 11. oClock in the forenoon he desired
from Mrs. Pearce Information of the above Felony
and by the description given he had great Suspicion
That Mary Nash< no role > was the person who had
Committed such Felony and therefore he went
in pursuit of her and Took her into Custody
in Scotts Rents Cross Lane and afterwards Took
her to her own Lodgings in the Cellar of the House
No 16 Brownlow Street aforesaid and in Searching
he found under the head of the Bed Four pair of
Cotton Stockings which Mr. Pearce immediately
Claimed to be her property also a Key which he found
on the Mantle Piece there Mrs. Pearce Claimed to be her
PropertyHe was Called up Stairs and the Quilt a pair
of Black Callimance Hippers and One Shirt was
delivered to him by the said Elizabeth Jefkins< no role >
That he then Secured her

The said John Marvin< no role > for himself
Saith That he is Servant to Mr. Lane Pawnbroker
in Drury Lane That the Prisoner Nash pawned
at his Masters Shop on the 26th. April last about
the hour of 10. o'Clock in the forenoon Two Shirts
for Five Shillings in the Name of Mary Smith< no role >
one of the said Shirts She said was her Husbands
and the other the property of a young Man

Sworn before me the day
and years aforesaid}

D Walker

George Meacham< no role >
Jno Mervin< no role >

The Mark of
Eliz [mark] Pearce< no role >
Elizabeth
Jefkins
< no role >




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