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<p n="87">Sixteen<del>twenty one</del>
Shillings in Silver & two half Crowns one of<lb></lb>
which was a Bad one & is the same now produced and the<lb></lb>
said Welch took the Money up & put it in to his pocket<lb></lb>
and this Informant took the said three pieces of Cotton<lb></lb>
up and Carried them<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
to the House of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n87-1">John Martin</rs>
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in the same Street & he gave her Shillings</p>
<p n="88">And this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n88-8">Elizabeth Shield</rs>
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for herself saith<lb></lb>
that on a Monday about Eight Weeks ago she was<lb></lb>
a Servant to the other Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n88-1">Sarah Wade</rs>
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that about<lb></lb>
Twelve o Clock at Noon the Persons now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n88-2">John Martin</rs>
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came<del>to</del>
<lb></lb>
to her Mistress's House & went into the back parlour & soon<lb></lb>
after came in end <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n88-3">Henry Welch</rs>
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with a Bundle in his<lb></lb>
hand and went into the Back parlour when Martin asked<lb></lb>
Welch what he had got to sell and he answered he had got<lb></lb>
same Linen & Martin asked him to shew it him which<lb></lb>
he did. & produced three Pieces of Printed Cotton of the same<lb></lb>
Pattern of the three pieces now produced upon which<lb></lb>
Martin asked Welch how much he would have for them<lb></lb>
who say'd thirty Shillings & Martin told him he would<lb></lb>
give him Twenty Shillings & they afterwards agreed for<lb></lb>
Twenty one Shillings & this Informants Mistress <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n88-4">Sarah Wade</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n88-5">Lent Martin</rs>
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four Shillings and this Informant saw<lb></lb>
him pay the same to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n88-6">Henry Welch</rs>
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this Informant<lb></lb>
saw<del>her Mistress take the said three pieces of Cotton and</del>
<lb></lb>
The said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n88-7">John Martin</rs>
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put the said three pieces of printed<lb></lb>
Cotton into her Mistress's apron & they went out together<lb></lb>
but where this Informant cannot tell</p>
<p n="89">And this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n89-1">Charles Grubb</rs>
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for himself saith that<lb></lb>
he is a Constable that on Tuesday last he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
saw the<lb></lb>
Wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n89-2">John Martin</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo64">High Street</rs>
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coming out of Court near<lb></lb>
to his House with a Bundle under her Arms upon which he<lb></lb>
suspected that she had some Stolen Goods & he took her into<lb></lb>
Custody & she say'd that<del>they were</del>
it was only some old Blankets<lb></lb>
that she had brought from her Lodgers & he took her to<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
the House of the said Martin who was in his Shop & the<lb></lb>
Wife told this Informant that the Bundle was only old Blankets<lb></lb>
& that if he would go up Stairs with her she would shew him<lb></lb>
more of them & Martin sayd they were Old Blankets that<lb></lb>
had been brought from the Lodgers in the Court but this</p>
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