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<p n="88"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45025_geo52">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n88-1">John Gardner</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n88-2">John King</rs>
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taken before me One<lb></lb>
of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45025_occ19">Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace</rs>
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for the said County</p>
<p n="89">Who being severally upon Oath saith and<lb></lb>
first this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n89-1">John Gardner</rs>
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for<lb></lb>
himself saith that he is a Watchman<lb></lb>
belonging to the parish of Saint <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45025_geo53">Mary le bone</rs>
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<lb></lb>
that on the Morning of the 28th of September<lb></lb>
last he was going to the Watch house of the said<lb></lb>
Parish about five o'Clock after having been<lb></lb>
upon Duty when going along Little <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45025_geo54">Mary le<lb></lb>
bone</rs>
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Street he observed the person now present<lb></lb>
who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n89-2">William Dakin</rs>
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preventing<lb></lb>
a Woman which this Informant verily believes was the wife of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45025_n89-3">William Dakin</rs>
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from Coming out of a House in the said<lb></lb>
Street and said to the said Woman come in and<lb></lb>
Shut the Door and Immediately with great<lb></lb>
Violence Shut the said Door when the Woman<lb></lb>
Said I will go out with my Child and soon<lb></lb>
after opened the Door again when this<lb></lb>
Informant saw a great Quantity of Smoke<lb></lb>
come out from the Second floor Window, and asked the<lb></lb>
Woman if there was a fire<del>and</del>
she answered<lb></lb>
there was upon which this Informant Spring<lb></lb>
his Rattle and went to fetch a Turncock<lb></lb>
when on his Return he went into the said<lb></lb>
House were he was that part of the said<lb></lb>
House had been in fire hand upon Examining</p>
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