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9th September 1777 - 27th May 1779

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Miranda< no role > the Wife of John Arthur< no role > Gordon
a Captain in the 19th Regiment of Foot in America
maketh Oath and saith that on Thursday the 28th. day
of May last Dept. took a lodging at Mrs. Elizabeth
Rock
< no role > 's with met Yard [..] aforesd. where the deced
also lodged, and that in Wednesday last the 10th. inst.
[..] between the Hours of 8 & 9 in the Morning a
Gentleman in Appearance Quaker put unknown to
Dept. called on Dept. having as Dept. hath been informed
called there the right before as inquired after Dept. by
Name and asked Dept. if her Name was Gordon and
on her and [..] [..] affirmative, he said he was
sent by a fried to believe Dept. with a triffle of
money and gave her [..] and the Gentleman
seeing Mr. Young the deced who at Dept. believes, he took
to be the Landlady of [..] desired her to take care of
Dept. and gave [..] her half a Corner, and promised
soon afterwds. to give [..] at Mrs. Rock being
near and hearing [..] what had passed and
that the deced had [..] Mrs. Rock
[..] ended the same of the deced [..] the deced
refusing to give it her she insisted upon half of it,
which the deced also refused to give her and thereupon
Disputes arose between Mrs. Rock and the deced [..]
soon after which Dept. left the House and did not return
till the Evening abt. that [..] of [..] Dept. found the
deced and the sd. Elizabeth Rock< no role > quarreling and the deced
wentgoingout of the sd. House and on her Return in a Few
Minutes Dept being in the Entry saw the deced coming
up the Steps in Mrs. Rocks House the Order to get to her
apartment there and at the deced was on the Upper Staff
there being [..] Mr. Rock having told of the Street
Door with one hand & she with the other Hand pushed
the deced in the Breast as Dept. believesand thebut
Dept. cod. not [..] the deced fill or not as the
Door instantly shut That on Dept. going up Stairs the
heard a violent [..] [..] which she came down
and the Street Door being [..] the deced was brought into
the House by each prisoner [..] much [..] and Dept.
Or [..] were to the deced was much intoxicated with
[..] at the time, and was as Dept. believes in general
[..] addicted to [..] and soon after Dept. went out and
did not [..] till the [..] Morning at the next day when
on Depts returning the deced called to Dept. and desired Dept. to




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