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