Middlesex
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The Examination of Elizabeth Bennett< no role >
taken on Oath before me One of His Majesty's
Justices of the Peace in and for the said County.
this 24th. day of January 1788

Who on her Oath saith that she hath known the Prisoner
Thomas Pearce< no role > for about the Space of Eight Years last past
most part of which time she hath lived with him as his
Wife That they have lived in the House known by
the Sign of the Yorkshire Grey in Bonds Stables for about
theThree Months last Past. That the said Thomas
Pearce< no role > put the hasp and Lo [..] (found by the Officers) on
the Table Drawer of which he always kept the Key
and that she was unacquainted with what was contained
in the said Drawer except a Leather bag with some
Copper half pence And that no other Person butthe Counterfeit Silver
Coin found in the said Table Drawer [..]
past there bythe said Thomas Peaceand another
Personever had access to the same but him to the
best of her Knowledge [..] belief

Taken and Sworn before
the Day and Year above
Written.
W Blackborow}

Eliz Bennett< no role >