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The Information and Confession of Mary Agan of the
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Justices of the Peace
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this
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31stday of October 177
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This Informant Maketh Oath and Saith that she has lately become
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Elizabeth Walker
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Mary Sampson
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on Friday Night last about Seven or Eight of the Clock
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then and there proposed to and
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procured the said
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and this Informant to rob the Room of
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Isabella Lawson
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Salt Petre
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and in order to assist them therein gave the said
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Mary Casey
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a Key wherewith she was to open the Door of the said Room that
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the said
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Mary Casey
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and this said Informant accordingly went to
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the said House and that the said
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Mary Casey
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endeavoured to open
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the door of the said Room with such Key which finding it would
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not do she came to the Window Shutter to see how that was secured
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and finding it only fastened with a Nail on the Outside she directly
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wrenched the Shutter open then opened the Casement which
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was fastened with a String on the Inside and the said
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went into the room thereat and took from off a Bed there one pace of
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Sheets which she gave this Informant as she stood on the Outside
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that the said
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Mary Casey
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came out again and they two went to
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the Door of a Room belonging to the said
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situate
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in
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Red Cross Street
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where he the said
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Mary
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Casey
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left this Informant for a short space of time when she
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returned in company with the said
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who having
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unlocked the Door of the last mentioned Room they Three went in
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and there the said
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Mary Sampson
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picked a Mark G out of
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the said Sheets and then sent this Informant to pawn one of them
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which she did with one
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Isaac Smith
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pawnbroker in
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Ratcliffe
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for Two Shillings and the said
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Mary Sampson
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pawned the other for the like money withMorris a
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pawnbroker in
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type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45016_geo209"
>
Well close Square
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_geo209"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Well close Square"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_geo209"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
that the four Shillings was
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
divided between this Informant
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-21"
>
Mary Sampson
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-21"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Mary"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-21"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Sampson"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-21"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-22"
>
Mary Casey
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-22"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Mary"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-22"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Casey"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-22"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and the aforesaid
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-23"
>
Deborah Jones
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-23"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Deborah"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-23"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Jones"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-23"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
and that the said
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-24"
>
Mary
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Sampson
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-24"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Mary"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-24"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Sampson"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45016_n573-24"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
well knew the aforesaid Sheet all by her pawned as
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
aforesaid
</
p
>
</
div1
>
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