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at No. 33 Field Gate in the
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Mile End New Sown
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Lamp Lighter
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, Ann Wife of the said
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Elizabeth Bennet
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as under Described
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Taken this 26th of Decr. 1781 before me One of His Majestys Justices of the Peace
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in and for the said County
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Robert Turner
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sayth that he went out of his dwelling house
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Situate as aforesaid Yesterday about the hour of Two in the Afternoon when
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His said House was safe and under double Lock The Window on the Lower
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Floor not broke and fastened down with a Large Nail
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Ann the Wife of the said
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sayth that she went abroad about
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Twelve
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One at Noon Yesterday that The Things now produced except the Bag that
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contains them are her husbands property
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Thomas Sherwood
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about a Quarter after
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five in the afternoon to see if the said house was safe who returned and said it
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was safe but that she continuing uneasy about a Quarter before Six the
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went to see if the house was safe when she found The sash of the Window
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or the Ground floor Thrown up which Induced her to call for help. That
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she saw the Prisoner who says his Name is
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William Harris
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Edmund Harris
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endeavouring
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in the said Room endeavouring to escape
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BackwardThat
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Thomas Smith
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came to her Assistance who pumped into the
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Back Room
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and Seized The prisoner
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Thomas Smith
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Sayth that hearing
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Wm. Turner call out That her house was robbed he Jumped in at the
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Window
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when he saw a Bag full of some things the same bag which
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is now produced in the Middle of the said Room that he w
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into a
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back place where he found the
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under a Table That a pane
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of Glass in the
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Middle of the Upper Sash and Lower now
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of Panes in the said Sash was broke sufficient for a Man to put his land
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Through
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Elizabeth Bennet
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Servant to Mr. Chapman Bell Sounder at the
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Field Gate aforesaid. Sayth that she saw Smith take the prisoner
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saw
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and the
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Bag now produced with sundry things some of which she these saw and one
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the same which are now produced was the Middle of the said Room and
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that the Middle Glass of the Lower row of Panes in the Upper Sash of the
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Window broken so that a Many hand could with
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case go through the same
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Sworn
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The Day and year above Written
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Before me
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John Staples
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Robert. Harries
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Ann Turner
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Thomas
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