Middlesex Sessions:
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June 1795

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The Information of Elizabeth Gobar< no role > of the Workhouse
belonging to the Parish of Christ Church in the
County of Middlesex Widow Taken upon Oath this
19th day of May 1795 before us two of His Majestys
Justices of the Peace in and for the said County.

Who Saith That she has been in the Work house two
Years, that during the last Year she has been
employed by Mr. John Freeman< no role > the Master of the work
-House in winding SilkThat she has embezzled
out of the parcels delivered to her to wind, small
quantitys of the Silk of half an ounce or an ounce
each, which she always sold to Mrs. Jackson who
lived in Ram Alley in the Parish of Saint Matthew
Bethnal Green in the said County Narrow Weaverand
buyer of embezzled Silk who paid her a shilling an
ounce for the same. That the last quantity she
sold to Mrs. Jackson was on the Eighteenth day of
April last, she carried it to her House in Ram
Alley aforesaid, it consisted of different Colours of
Picdment, there was three quarters of an ounce
weight for which Mrs. Jackson paid her Nine Pence
And this Informant further saith that Mrs. Jackson
knew that the Silk was embezzled, when she
bought it. And further saith that she suspects
and verily believes that a quantity of purloined
and embezzled Silk Materials unwrought are now
concealed in Mrs. Jackson's House in Ram Alley
aforesaid.

Taken and Sworn before us the day
and year first above written}

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Danl Williams< no role >

The Mark of
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Elizabeth Goban< no role >




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