Middlesex Sessions:
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May 1762

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die she wd. take poison or optam & be Buried along wth.
him & that she had already taken some on Bread &
Butter & that ate had got more in the Room. That upon
hearing Mrs. Sibson mention this she the Maid went to the Bow
Window & took a Bandbox & open'd it & pall'd out
a paresh in a bit of a Heros paper wch. contain'd the
Bread & Butter produced - Says he took it out of the
Girls bands by Foser & when the Girl first found it
she sereen'd out & cried here it is - That [..] abt. 5 in the Morning
he went down with Mrs. Tooth & drank Tea, Mr Bearblock
was ask'd but he declin'd - That he drank two or three
dishes of Tea & went up Stairs again, That afterwards,
40being in the Garden between 8 & 9 the Maid came
into the Garden to him & ask'd him what he had
done with the Bread & Butter - he told her he had
there it over the Garden wall into the River, for
he was willing it shd. be [..] wch. was the aeon
he told her so, - her Answr. was she was glad it
had bean made away with, for her Mistress had
brot. down as mach person as wd. hill 40 people
meaning Mrs. Sibson her Mistress - That he afterwds
acquainted Dr. Lucas what he had got & from whom
& called it opium upon Bread & Butter & the Dr. langbed
& said you may as well Spread a Bit of an oak Table




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