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Informacon of Eleanor Smallbrook lathen before
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me this 15th. day of June 1774.
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Who being upon Oath says that She is a Chare Woman
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that last Tuesday night was a Week about 10 oClock she Came
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from Maidens at Pimlico Where She had been at Work that
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day that she Came by the Lock Hospital to Hyde Park
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Corner that Opposite to the Back Door of Saint Georges
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Hospital she was
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overtaken by a Man who had some Spotts
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of Blood on his Waistcoat that she Asked him what was a Clock,
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that he Answered he did not know, that at this time She heard
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Somebody Crying out behind at a distance that She desired the
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Said Man to Stop but he refused and went on before her, that
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the Said Man Appeared to be in much Confusion and was Pale
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and trembled that this Informt
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went on and when she was
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Opposite the Hercules Pillars two Men who Appeared to be
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Foreigners overtook her and Asked her whether She had Seen any
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Body in light Coloured Cloaths pass by her that she Answered
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there was a person just before who was all in a Tremble and was
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in light Coloured Cloaths, that the Said two Men Accordingly
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went on and laid hold of the Man who had Spoke to this
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Informant as above mentioned, that this Informant also told
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the said two Men she Suspected the said Man with blood on
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his Waistcoat had been about some Business that was not
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Right, that all the Conversation this Informant had with
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the said two Men who Appeared to be Foreigners was in the
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English Language.
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Sworn before me this 15th day
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of June 1774}
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