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<p n="257">The Examination of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15056_n257-1">Will Kelly</rs>
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(alias <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15056_n257-41">Johnson </rs>
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)<lb></lb>
taken at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15056_geo273">the Poultry Compter</rs>
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the 3d of June 1745<lb></lb>
Saith that he come over from <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15056_geo274">Dublin</rs>
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to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15056_geo275">Chester</rs>
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& thence to<lb></lb>
London upwards of 2 Months agoe in Company with<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15056_n257-21">Thos. St. Leger</rs>
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alias <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15056_n257-3">Montgemerge</rs>
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this Examts. went to lodge<lb></lb>
at a Shoemaker in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15056_geo276">Grays Inn Lane</rs>
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untill St. Leger went<lb></lb>
wth him to <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15056_n257-4">Patrick Cave</rs>
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alias <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15056_n257-90">Cavemaker </rs>
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an Alley opposite<lb></lb>
to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15056_geo277">St. Andrews Church</rs>
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, <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15056_geo278">Holborn</rs>
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to drink a Dram Caves wife<lb></lb>
Sellingdrams & Punch when<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
they Examt. & Layer<lb></lb>
agreed to Lodge together there but about a Week after they<lb></lb>
had lodged there & having no Money, they took a Walk<lb></lb>
out wth Cave their Landlord, & St. Leger Cagan to make his<lb></lb>
Compliant to Cave that if he cou'd be provided he would<lb></lb>
goe on the high way but Cave parsuaded St. Legee & this<lb></lb>
Examt. not to goe on the high way but to Robin Town<lb></lb>
& he would provide them wth Pistolls & other Account<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
which this Examt. St. Leger consented<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
to go out wth them, accordingly Cave furnish'd them with<lb></lb>
a large Clack Pistol & Powder & Shot wth he gave to this Examt.<lb></lb>
& a Hanger wch he gave to St. Leger; Some days afterwards<lb></lb>
they all there went out together, & Saw a Coach near<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15056_geo279">Picadilly</rs>
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driving, & this Examt. bid the Coachman<lb></lb>
Stop, who not doing this Examt. find a Pistol in the Air to<lb></lb>
frighten him, but he drove away as fast as he could so that<lb></lb>
they all return'd home with out any purchase that night,<lb></lb>
Cave proveded them Same day after as a Pocket Pistol<lb></lb>
& this Examt went out wth Sd. Legar the Latter End of April<lb></lb>
last into <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15056_geo280">Lincolns Inn</rs>
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Feilds where they met a Mart<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
abt. 11 a Clock at night, & this Examt. presented a Pistol to<lb></lb>
his Breast & bid him deliver whole St. Leger Stood is his<lb></lb>
Hanger down, & the man readily delivered his Money<lb></lb>
to this Examt. which was Eighteen Shillings, & So let him<lb></lb>
goe about his Business.</p>
<p n="258">This Examt.</p>
<p n="259">Kelly's Confession</p>
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