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January 1763

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Middlesex To wit


The Information of Joseph Delespine< no role >
taken before us this 17th.. day of Decr. 1762

Who being upon Oath says that he is Servant to Mrs.. Bond who
lodges at Mrs. Thomas's a Taylor in Castle Street that on Monday
Night last he opened the door to his Mistress and a Person now
present who calls himself James Hart< no role > , says that they both
went into the Parlour and that he went into the Kitchin
which is at a distance in the Yard, says that in about a
Quarter of an hour after he was in the Kitchin he heard
a Knock at the Street door which he went and opened
says that as he went towards the said door he heard a
Sereech, which by imagined to be his Mistresses voice
says that he then thought he heard his Mistress say, for Christ-
Sake don't you, says that after he had opened the
Street door he heard a Groaning, and then went into the
Kitchin, says that afterwards hearing the Street door
open he went towards,thenParlour door where he saw
his Mistress, who asked him if he was deff, that he
asked why, to which she replied because I called and
you did not hear me, says that he then heard his
Mistress says I hope I shall have Justice done me
The Villain has used me most Dreadfully, says that
his Mistress desired him to follow the gentleman who the
said called himself Lord Kilfogg, says he followed said
Lord Kilfogg who now calls himself James Hart< no role > to
Ponds Coffee Houses where he asked the Waiter if Lord
Kilfogg was there, says the Waiter Laughed at him & told
him he was there asked him if he wanted him and that
he replied me, says he went the next Morning to Ponds
Coffee House and from thence to the Bedford Arms
be enquire after the aforesaid Lord Kilfogg, says that
the Waiter at the Bedford Arms Told him that
this Name was not Lord Kilfogg, that he won'd
he affronted if he called him so for that his
Name was Captain Hart




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