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Middlesex
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The Informations of William Shaan< no role > Mary
Shean
< no role > Hugh Shean< no role > and Theophilus Butcher< no role >
taken upon Oath the 4th. Day of July 1789

Who upon their several Oaths say and first the
said William Shean< no role > for himself saith that he rents a
Room in Lewkners Lane St. Giles' s sometimes let Lodg. Is
that on Monday the 22d. of June last he took the Prisoners
John White< no role > and Margaret Callahan< no role > to Lodge in sd. Room and
at the Time he so took them to lodge there was sixteen
Guineas in Gold and five Shillings in Silver and Whitst
the sd. Prisoners lodged in the sd. Room and on the sd. Bed
the Money above mentioned was gone and the Prisoners Margaret
[..] Callahan absconded without giving any Notice

Mary Shean< no role > upon her Oath saith that she put
sixteen Guineas in Gold and a five Shillings Price in
Silver into the Bed wrapt up in a Bag which she let to the Prisoners
John White< no role > and Margaret Callahan< no role > to lodge on and
that during the Time they lodged there she missed
the Money & told her Husband the same was gone & the
Prisoner Margaret Callahan absconded with either
her Husband or her knowing when she went away that
she sent to see where the Prisoner Margaret Callahan< no role > was
& in the Evening about eight oClock the Prisoners both
came back & were both very much intoxicated in Liquor

Hugh Shean< no role > upon his Oath saith that his Mother
Mary Shean< no role > saithsent him to inquire after the
Prisoner Margaret Callahan< no role > that he went to several
Publick Houses and found her at the Hammer & Trowell
in Church Street St. Giles's along with a Fidler that as
seen as the Prisoner saw him she came to him & asked
him if he wod. have anything to drink to wch. he

D Walker< no role > .




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