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The Examination of
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2d. Day of
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March 1726
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Saith that he is a Native of Welch Pool in Mont-
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. That he this Ex-
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aminant has been in Town Eight on Nine years and has
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lived with Mr Billett in
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in the said City of
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London about four Months and went from thence to
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Mr. Blackbourn in the Strant Oiland
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, where
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he this Examinant continued about five or Six Months
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and afterwards he lived with Hullam near the same
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Place Six or Seven Months and with Bishop of Saint
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Giles in the same Business about Two years, then he
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this Examinant went to live with Mr. Davis in Bishop
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gate Street in the said City where he continued about One
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Year and a Half, That he this Examinant then went
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into the Country and stayed there three Weeks or a Month
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then returned to London and lived with Mr. Beechcroft
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a Wholesale
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in Queen hith in the said City about
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Six Months and from theme Examinant, went to
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Mr. Kays a Wholesale
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in
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in the said City and lived with him four
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or five Months and quitted the Service of the said Kays
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about a Week before Christmas. That about Six Week age
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he this Examinant first saw Rogers either at the Bell or
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at Price's at the Horse Shoe, That
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Richard Newton
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from
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the West of England did live with
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in the said City. That he this Exami-
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that the said Haslam lived at Wilson and Thornhills.
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That Examinant's Brother
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Edward Morris
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lives at the
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First Turning on the Right Hand over
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Bridge and cuts up wood for Sale,
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James Morris
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Brother of this Examinant's is a Clicker at a
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