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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15090_n57-1">William Payne</rs>
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against <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15090_n57-2">Thomas Hilliard</rs>
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, who is charged before<lb></lb>
me with having wilfully set Fire to his Dwelling<lb></lb>
House No. 6 Bird in hand Court in the said City<lb></lb>
Who on his Oath saith that he hath<lb></lb>
this day taken a particular view of<lb></lb>
the Closet up on the landing Place up<lb></lb>
one pair of Stairs in the Dwelling House<lb></lb>
of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15090_n57-3">Thomas Hilliard</rs>
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and of the<lb></lb>
Corner Cupboard with in such Closet<lb></lb>
that he is clearly of Opinion that the Closet<lb></lb>
was fixed up before the House was inhabited<lb></lb>
and that it is actually a part of the said<lb></lb>
Dwelling House, and would be so deemed<lb></lb>
and considered to be by any Workman<lb></lb>
that it also appears to him very<lb></lb>
clearly that a part of such Closet hath<lb></lb>
been on Fire, and that the Corner<lb></lb>
Cupboard, which appear to him to have been<lb></lb>
an original Fixture not to be taken<lb></lb>
down is much burn't and that the<lb></lb>
Corner of the Jaumb living of the Closet Window appears also to have<lb></lb>
been on Fire.</p>
<p n="58">Taken and sworn at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15090_geo75">Guildhall</rs>
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London the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15090_date8">23d Day of March<lb></lb>
1779</rs>
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before me one of the Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15090_occ28">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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in and for the<lb></lb>
said City}<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15090_n58-1">Wm. Payne</rs>
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<p n="59"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15090_n59-1">Tho. Sainsbury</rs>
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