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The Examinacon & Confession, of Katherine Miller< no role > [..]
of ye. Pish of St. Leonard Shoreditch in ye. Sd. [..]
upon Oath before is whose names are hereunto [..]
Justices of ye. peace for. Sd. County; touchinge ye. Murder [..]

The Sd. Examt upon her Oath before is Saith that on ye. 25th: day of Octobr: 1707: [..]
or Three of ye. Clock in ye. afternoon of ye. Sd. day; James Callon< no role > , & She this Examt: mett & [..]
together in an Ale house Called ye. penny pott house in Bishopsgate Street London & that ye Sd. [..]
Callon; then desired her this Examt. to meet him at ye. Farthinge paye house beinge ye. next house to ye.
Barkinge Doggs. in ye. Farthing. pye house Feild in ye. Sd. Pish of Shoreditch about Seven a
Clock that night, to goe to Supper together & that She this Examt. did goe & was at ye. Sd. Farthinge
pye. house about Eight a Clock that night, & about halfe an hour after She this Examt. had been
there She See ye. Sd. James Callon< no role > together wth.Huffe, Webb Rawlings< no role > Sone of ye. man
that Keeps ye. Sd. house, & oneJohnson a Packthreed Spinner; whoe then Lived neare the
Tenter Feilds in Spitlefeilds , Come altogether into another room in ye. Sd Farthinge pye house
& that all ye. foresd go four did then & there forceably Carry into their Sd. room, a man wth. a
handkercheife tyed about his Mouth to prevents him for Speakinge; [..] & that ye. Sd. Webb
Rawlings had hold of one Arme &Johnson ye. other; & that presently after they
had Soe forced & Carryed ye. Sd. man into their Sd. room, She this Examt. then See ye. Sd.
Webb Rawlings give him Two blowes upon ye. face; & this Examt. upon her Oath Saith
that She verify beleives & is well assured that ye. man Soe forct & Carryed by ye aforesd psons
was ye. aforesd. Jacob Hampson< no role > Esqr: & presently after ye. Sd. Webb Rawlings had given ye.
Sd. Mr. Hampson Two blowes on ye. face She this Examt. then Soe ye. Sd. Webb Rawlings
Come out of ye. roome & whispered wth his Mother; & then Went back to his owne roome
& then Sleet his Examt. [..] See Mrs. Rawlings Mother of ye. Sd Webb Rawlings take as
pack of Curds & Carryed ye. Sd. Cards to ye. doore of ye. roome where all ye. aforesd P four were &
delivered them to her Sd. Sone, wth. Sd. Cards She this Examt. would glady have Carryed herselfes
but ye. Sd. Mrs. Rawlings neither Lett her Carry ye. Cards nor got out of ye. room in
wch She first was; & this Examt. alsoe Saith that about a quarter of an hour after ye. Sd. Cards
were Carryed into the Sd room, She this Examt. heard a great noise & Skreeminge, and askinge [..]
noise meant; She ye Sd. Mrs. Rawlings Sd. it was only her Sone & another man fightinge
but ye. Sd. Mrs. Rawlings would not Let this Examt. goe to See; & this Dept. Continueinge & beinge
Still in her Sd room & about Ten of ye. Clock of ye. Same night She this Examt. then See [..]
the SdJohnson Carry a man out of ye. room wherehe & ye. other Sd. psons were upon
his Shouldered. which man this Examt. very by beleives was ye. Sd mr. Hampson; & that ye. Sd. James
Callon
< no role > Webb Rawlings &Huffe then Followed ye. Sd. Johnson upon which Sd Sight She
this Examt. p rest very hard to gett out of her room to See what they would due wth ye man,
but ye. Sd. Mrs. Rawlings would not Suffer her to goe out & presented her Seeinge as much as
She Could; and this Examt. alsoe Smith that about halfe an hour after all ye. aforesd. psons.
Came back againe to ye. Sd. Farthinge pye house & into her room where She then & all ye.
time before was & that ye. Sd Webb Rawlings &Johnson then told her they never had
Soe great a trouble in all their Lived as they [..] then had in Carryinge a drunken man
home to Hoxtons. & this Examt. well observinge & Seeinge ye. Sd Webb Rawlings & James
Callon
< no role > both their hands bloody & Callons Coat torne on ye. Left Lapp be hynde & both
their Neck cloaths torne & Rawlings Shirt torne; & this Examt to as beinge what that meant & how it
Came to pass they were Soe bloody & their cloaths torne, ye Sd Webb Rawlings & James Callon< no role >
then told her, that they had mett Three men in ye Feilds at Hopton wth whome they
quarrelled & fought; & then James Callon< no role > Changed a Crowne peice wth Mrs. Rawlings & out of ye.
Same paid this Examt. reckoninge which was only Three pence & She beleived noe drinks not
any Liquor were in ye. room where all ye. aforesd psons were & then She this Examt. & all ye. aforesd
psons went from ye. Sd Farthinge pye house together to Windmill hill; & at ye. Steps goeinge
into Moorfeilds [..] James Callon< no role > & Webb Rawlings went wth. her to Kinge Street in Moor
& there Left her; &Huffe &Johnson told her they would goe to in Hewicks an [..]
at ye. Corner of Finsbury to drink; & then She went to her Lodgings in Catherine [..]
White Chappell , And this Examt. alsoe Saith that about Two or Three [..]




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