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<p n="334"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50907_geo91">Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50907_n334-81">Ann</rs>
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the Wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50907_n334-1">Benjamin Casson</rs>
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against her Husband for Ill usage}</p>
<p n="335">Mrs. Casson his the Daughter of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50907_n335-2">William Powell</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50907_occ29">Esquire</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50907_geo92">Radnorshire</rs>
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who is Steward to the Earl of Oxford and who is worth at least £10,000.</p>
<p n="336">As she had two Sisters in Town, and an Opportunity offered at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50907_geo93">paddington</rs>
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the took a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50907_occ30">Grocers</rs>
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Shop, and one of her Sisters lived with her</p>
<p n="337">Her Husband prior to his Marriage was a Porter in the Shop that Served her<lb></lb>
in the Wholesale way and she was indiscreet enough to Marry him</p>
<p n="338">The first thing he did after Marriage was to turn away her Sister</p>
<p n="339">Her Father when he heard of the Match was very Angry, and refused to<lb></lb>
Advance her any more Money</p>
<p n="340">On which the Husband went down into the Country to her Father who<lb></lb>
gave him some Money to get did of him</p>
<p n="341">Her Husband is Continually Plaguing her to Write to her Father for Money<lb></lb>
and because he will send none he beats her and behaves in a most infamous<lb></lb>
manner to her, takes up a Poker and threatens to kill her with it & that frequently</p>
<p n="342">He will not suffer her to have any butter in the House and obliges her to<lb></lb>
cat Dry Bread for 3 or 4 weeks together</p>
<p n="343">He has by Constantly beating her about the Head made her (from being a bright<lb></lb>
active Young Woman) quite Stuped.</p>
<p n="344">If he would Consent to Articles of Separation we want nothing from him<lb></lb>
and he may keep every thing he has (on payment of Costs) for she cannot think of<lb></lb>
living with him again.</p>
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