Middlesex
to Wit}
The Information of
Sarah< no role >
the Wife
of
Benjamin Feather< no role >
of Ilford
in the parish of Barking
in the County of Essex
Labourer
Samuel Preston< no role >
of Rosemary Lane Whitechapel
Victualer
and
Mary Corner< no role >
the female Servant
of the said Samuel taken this 12th day of Jan 1789 who being on their oaths say
And frist the Said Sarah for herself Saith on
[..] Friday last the 9th Instant
Between the hours of Four and five in the afternoon She went and laid down on a best
upstairs in a Room at the said
Sam Preston< no role >
being intoxicated in liquor
that
Mary Conner< no role >
came up and covered her with a Brown Booth Cloth Clock
her husband propertySays about an hour after the person present who says
his name is
John Green< no role >
she saw in the said Room she not suspecting him
took no notice
untilwhen she got up between the hours of Seven and eight
the same night and
[..]
anything of ituntil the next Morning
her
Sarah [mark] Feather< no role >
Mark
Mary Conner< no role >
on her oath saith on Friday night last about the hour of
nine she went to make the Bed that Sarah Feather< no role >
Lag on and is certain
The Said Clock was not on said Bed nor in any part of the Room at that
time Says She is sure no other person went up stairs in the Time that
She lag said Clock on the Bed and the Time She went to make Said Bed but
the Said John Green< no role >
her mark
Mary [mark] Conner< no role >
Samuel Preston< no role >
on his oath saith That from the Time Mrs. Feather
came to his house as aforesaid on Friday last until the Time the Clock was
[..] no other person but the Said John Green< no role >
went up Stairs and that he
in that time went Several times up Stairs
Taken and Sworn
The 12th. of Jany. 1789
Before me
John Staples< no role >
Saml Preston< no role >
John Green< no role >
says Mrs. Feather was very much in Liquor that went up
about half an hour after did not go into the room where Mrs. Feather lag
and did not go up again until he went to bed about the hour of nine Say he
went from his Quarter about three quarters of an hour after Mrs. Feather
wanted bed and did not return for about an hour and half known nothing
of the Clock
his
John [mark] Green< no role >
mark
Taken and Signed
The 12th of Jany.1789
Before me
John Staples< no role >