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<p n="301"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50520_n301-1">Wlln. Wood</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50520_n301-2">John Bell</rs>
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taken<lb></lb>
before me one of his Majestys Instent of the<lb></lb>
wan for the said County.</p>
<p n="302">Who being sevl, on Oath say & first the Ins Wn. Wood<lb></lb>
for himself south That he was last night in Company<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
with som<lb></lb>
of his County folks at a public house in King as Yord<lb></lb>
was the P Can house where he met with two persons<lb></lb>
now present who calls themselves Martin Noel & <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50520_n302-1">John Lenton</rs>
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and the sd. Noel told this Ins he was in<lb></lb>
bad Company & asked him to go & drink a pot of Berr<lb></lb>
at and house & he went with the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50520_n302-2">Noel Lenton</rs>
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to the<lb></lb>
angel in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50520_geo159">Charles street</rs>
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Cod Gardan and the sd. Noel asked<lb></lb>
for a Private Room & they went up Stairs and the sd Noel<lb></lb>
asked this Inst. to Play at Cacds which this Ins agreed to<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
and accordingley Playd at all fours but upon the Landlord being asked for Cards<lb></lb>
he sayd he had no Cards & wod, matter no Card Playing in his house<lb></lb>
and the in the sd. Noel proposed husling in a Hatt which this<lb></lb>
Ins comply'd with & busled half peace in a Hatt with the sd.<lb></lb>
Lenton & Saith that the Going was for figuer only & no money<lb></lb>
Played for and this Ins lost half a Crowns worth of Ligner &<lb></lb>
then he refused to play anymore And then Ins Pulled out his<lb></lb>
Purse in order to pay for the Liquor (which Purse<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
he had<lb></lb>
Pulled out in the fore senn of the sd. Noel & Lenton at the former<lb></lb>
house) & upon turning his Money out of his Purse on the <lb></lb>
Table the said Lenton matched up<del>the</del>
a Guinea and the sd<lb></lb>
Noel took up the rest of the money amounting to Seventeen Shillg And uper this Ins <lb></lb>
asking for his money the said Lenton damn'd him & said<lb></lb>
he wod. keep it & that this Ins might go & he damned<lb></lb>
and then they attempted to go down stairs which the Ins<lb></lb>
prevented & went himself down stairs & Informed the</p>
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