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The Information of
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Elizabeth Davis
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Taken upon Oath
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before me
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George Reid
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Esqr
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one of His Majesty's
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Justices
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in and for the said County this
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7th day of
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Febry. 89
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This Informant upon her Oath saith that about
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the hour of eight of the Night of Monday the fifth of January last
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that
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the two Persons now present who calls themselves
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Patrick Carr
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John Saunders
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were
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saw her home to her apartment left
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her and went away this Informant then went to Bed, and left
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a Candle a light and about
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three Minutes
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a Quarter of an hour afterwards she saw
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the Prisoner who calls himself by the Name of
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John Saunders
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come into the Room, and go out again, and hath every reason
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to suspect that he did feloniously and Privately steal therein
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One Silver Watch with a Blue Ribbon and a Seal set in Metal
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of the Value of Forty Shillings and upwards the Property
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of
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Owen Davis
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This Informant upon Oath further
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saith that at the time the said
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came into the said Room the
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Watch was hanging up against the Chinney Piece
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that she saw the said
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pass by the Place
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were
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where the Watch was hanging that he left the room almost
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Immediatly and upon her looking towards the Chimney
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she saw the Watch was gone And this Informant
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further Possitively sevens that no person whatever came
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into the Room but the said
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John Saunders
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before she
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missed the Watch
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her
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Elizabeth
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Davis
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Mark
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Patrick Carr
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upon his Oath saith
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that he together with a Person now Present who calls himself
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John Saunders
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did upon the fifth day of Janry. last accompany
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the other Informant
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Eliste. Davis
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to see her safe home that
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they both went into her apartment where he saw a Silver Watch
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