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<p n="1816">Middx The King agt. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1816-1">John Bridgewater</rs>
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for felony on the Prosecution of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1816-3">Grace</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45008_occ441">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1816-2">Nathaniel Birch</rs>
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<p n="1817"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1817-8">Jane</rs>
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the Wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1817-1">Thomas Eldridge</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45008_geo824">Old Pye Street</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45008_geo825">Parish of <lb></lb>
Saint John the Evangelist</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45008_geo826">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45008_occ442">Pawn broker</rs>
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maketh Oath and saith that own about the thirteenth day of February<lb></lb>
last she this Deponent was bound over before <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45008_occ443">Sir</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1817-2">John Fielding</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45008_occ444">Knight</rs>
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to give Evidence against <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1817-3">John Bridgewater</rs>
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for feloniously Stealing<lb></lb>
a Cloak the property of one Grace the Wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1817-4">Nathaniel Birch</rs>
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And this<lb></lb>
Deponent Saith that on Tuesday the Twenty third day of the said<lb></lb>
Month of February last as she this Deponent was going there <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45008_geo827">St. James<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Park</rs>
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in her way to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45008_geo828">Hicks Hall</rs>
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in Order to give Evidence against the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1817-5">John Bridgewater</rs>
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was there Informed by the Constable (who<lb></lb>
an apprehended the said Jno. Bridgewater) that the prosecutrix <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1817-9">Grace<lb></lb>
Birch</rs>
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had removed her Lodgings and was not to be found And this<lb></lb>
Deponent then Informed the said Constable that if he should see<lb></lb>
the said Grace Birch that he would Inform her where she this Deponent<lb></lb>
was gone to And then she this Deponent proceeded with all convenient<lb></lb>
haste to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45008_geo829">Hick's Hall</rs>
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and got thither between Eleven and Twelve of<lb></lb>
the Clock in the forenoon of that day and continued there until about<lb></lb>
four in the Afternoon and during this Deponents stay there she made<lb></lb>
diligent Inquiry after the said Grace Birch the Prosecutrix who did<lb></lb>
not Appear to the Knowledge of this Deponent to prefer any Bill<lb></lb>
of Indictment against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1817-6">John Bridgewater</rs>
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for the felony <lb></lb>
aforesaid And this Deponent on her Oath further Saith that she<lb></lb>
then was or at any time after ready to have given her Evidence<lb></lb>
against the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1817-7">John Bridgewater</rs>
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when called on by<obscured></obscured>
the prosecutrix<lb></lb>
Grace Birch</p>
<p n="1818">Sworn at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45008_geo830">Old Bailey</rs>
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the <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45008_date100">17th. of October 1764</rs>
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<p n="1819">By the Court</p>
<p n="1820"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45008_n1820-1">Jane Eldridge</rs>
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