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<p n="559">named Conn<del>er</del>
a black Man received from shillings for<lb></lb>
this InsuranceThis Informant waited till the drawing<lb></lb>
of the Lottery began which was about Nine o' Clock. That<lb></lb>
the two wheels now produced are the same which were used<lb></lb>
That Girl drew out the Numbers and a Boy drew the<lb></lb>
Blanks and Prizes, the Girl delivered the Numbers to Conner<lb></lb>
and the Boy delivered the Blanks and Prizes to the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50915_n559-1">Thomas Moon</rs>
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who called them over, the Numbers were<lb></lb>
then delivered to a young Woman who threadled them together<lb></lb>
with a Needle. That this Examinant also saw the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50915_n559-89">John Mc. Donald</rs>
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in the Room, He had a Book before him<lb></lb>
and Pen and Ink and took down Numbers in his Book<lb></lb>
from different People form whom he received money for<lb></lb>
Insurance That about seven or eight People made<lb></lb>
Insurance for whom he took down Numbers for that<lb></lb>
evenings drawing and from each of whom he received<lb></lb>
Money it was called the Twenty seventh day of drawing<lb></lb>
That after the drawing began this Examinant saw the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50915_n559-2">John Mc. Donald</rs>
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sit at the Table and insert the<lb></lb>
Numbers in a Book as called out by Conner and the blanks<lb></lb>
and Prizes as called out by Moon That the drawing<lb></lb>
lasted about twenty Minutes; there were in the room<lb></lb>
and down Stairs waiting for the drawing of the Lottery<lb></lb>
about Twenty People all or most of whom had Insured<lb></lb>
that Evening before the drawing began and when the<lb></lb>
drawing was finished it turned out, that not one of the<lb></lb>
Twenty Persons got any Prizes except one who got 5/3 prize<lb></lb>
after this she came away and this Informant further<lb></lb>
saith that she went again on Monday Evening last, and<lb></lb>
found the same Persons as before That this Examinant<lb></lb>
insured the same Numbers vizt. No 7 and 46. to receive<lb></lb>
half a Guinea for each if they came up either a Blank or<lb></lb>
Prize and she paid thirteen Pence for each number to<lb></lb>
Conner the black Man. That the Lottery began about<lb></lb>
Nine and was finished in about twenty Minutes<lb></lb>
about one hundred numbers being drawn out nearly<lb></lb>
twenty People were there as the Night before and all<lb></lb>
or most of them made Insurances-That no Prizes<lb></lb>
came up this Night, not one of the insured numbers.</p>
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