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The Information of Ann the
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of George
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Boucher of the Glaziers Arme Water Lane
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Black Fryers
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Fleet Str.
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taken this
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5th. Day of August
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1780
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This Informant on her Oath Saith that about Nine
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o Clock this Morning as She Deponent was then Sitting at
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the Sap Room Window the Sash afsd. Window having been thre
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up or open she Dept. saw Abraham Dunford Wm. Newton
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under Exaicon go into No. 21 an Empty House opposite to Deponents And that abt to
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afterwards he heard the Cry of Murder repeated two or three
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Times issuing as Deponent then conceiv'd from said Empty House
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No. 21 directly opposite to Deponents sd. Dwelling house in
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aforesd. & wch house had been unoccupy'd about
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3 Months, That immediately or soon after hearing said Cry
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of Murder she Informant heard the Noise of a Person as
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if groaning and in great Distress, & wch she thought proceeded
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from sd. house No. 21 & which greatly alarm'd & terrifyd Dept.
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who thereupon Step out of her House over the Way & looking
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thro' the they Stote of the Front Door No. 21. she discovered the
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Persons of three men, One of wch the Talles 2 of the sd 3 Persons
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appea'd to Dept. he have or hold with his right hand one of
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the other two Persons by the
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& wch Poor so Seiz'd
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was then groaning in like manner as Depont. had just before heard
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& described That Dept. being much agitable & of righted at
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what she had heard & soon she immediately ran to the Parlour
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Window on the Ground floor & throwing ye same up The first Thing
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that presented to Depts. View was Wm. Newton Come of the two
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Prisoners now under Exaicon who had seized ye said other
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3d. Person whose name appears to
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James Watts
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a Clk belonging
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to Messrs. Wright & Gray Bankers in Lombard St. That the other
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Deponant upon now looking at the
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other Prisoners
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Positively on her Oath says he is the very Man whom she
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by his Collar thro the Key hole of
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Parish at Door. That y sd. two Prisons having as above Seizd
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ys
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he being one of the
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calld Quakers & who from
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certain Scruptes of Conscience refused to be examin'd upon Oath
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And having well might accomplish'd their Do seeming Intent to
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rob him
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of his Pocket Book they being in the Act of
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