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The Information of
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Elizabeth Tarrier
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at the Elephant in
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but now at No. 20 in
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Bloomsbury
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taken before me this 17th. day of January
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1784.
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Who being on Oath says that about 11 o'Clock at Night on
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Wednesday the 14th.. of January Instants. she was directed by her
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Mistress (Mrs. Allen) to carry a Pot of Beer to the House of a Person
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now present who calls himself
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Matthew Costelo
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. That this Informant
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carried a Pot of Beer to the said
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Matthew Costelo
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's accordingly,
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whom she found in the Shop alone below That after this Informant
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had set the Beer down on a Compter in said Shop, said Costelo
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locked the Shop-door, took hold of her by force, carried her
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into a Parlour adjoining the Shop, locked said Parlour door
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and said "God damn ye for a Bitch I will ravish ye"-That
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said Costelo then threw this Informant on a Bed in said Parlour,
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pulled up her Petticoats and by force and violence feloniously ravished
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and carnally knew this Informant against her Will and Consent;
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That this Informant made every resistance in her power & cried
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out Murder several times, but without any effect, and
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further says that when
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William Barnard
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, knocked
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at the said parlour-door during the time said Costelo & this
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Informant were in said parlour, she this Informant (from
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threats and Menaces which said Costelo uttered) was afraid
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Sworn before me this
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17th.. day of Janry.. 1784}
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Thos: Gilbert
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her
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Elizabeth
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Tarrier
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