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The Examination of
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David Wolfe
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apprehended and brought before me
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James Townsend
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, one of
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for the said City
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Who saith, that he never was bound an Apprentice to
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any Person, and, that he believes, he is thirty Four
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Years of AgeSays, that when about Fifteen Years
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old, he began to work with his Father, Barnet Wolfe
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No 116,
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Gravel Lane
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Hounsditch
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, a Dealer in Quils,
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with whom he lived regularly, untill he married,
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which was about Eight Years agoSays, that he
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then quitted his Father and dealt in Quils and
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everything else that is honestSays, that about a
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Year ago, he went into the Service of
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Moses Levi
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a Hawker and Pedlar, in
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Sugar Loaf Court
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Not
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Woolpack Alley, and carried his Boxes about
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TownSays, that he remained with him about
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three Months, and received three Shillings a Week,
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besides BoardSays that he quitted the Service
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of Levi ill, and continued so two or three Months,
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but not confined, though so far indisposed, as to
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be unable to gain a Livelihood by his Labour
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Says, that during his Illness, he was maintained by
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his
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who dealt in Fish and FruitSays,
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that Mr Levi, about six Months ago, returned to
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, he engaged with him, and lived with him
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about two monthsSays that Levi about seven
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Weeks ago,
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was taken ill, and he attended
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him untill his death, which was in eleven days
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Says, that he has ever since lived with Mrs Levi
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the
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of the said
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Moses Levi
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, and assisted
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her in collecting Debts, and transacting her Business
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Says, that he has received of Mr Pemberton in
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, one Pound Fifteen Shillings, of Mr
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Smith, a Sheriffs Officer in
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,
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two Pounds, nine Shillings and eleven Pence
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Says, that he has been seperated from his Wife
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these Four Years last past, and
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