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The Information of
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taken before me one
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of his Majestys
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in and for the
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Who being upon Oath saith that she lives a
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with one
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Ratcliff highway
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in the parish of
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that on Sunday night the fifteenth
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of October instant she went up Stairs in
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her said Master's House situate as aforesaid
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about Eleven oClock and She locked her Room
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Door and Put her Candle out and got into
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Bed but had not been long when her said Master
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William Hodge
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came up Stairs and violently broke open
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the Door of her said Room came to her
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Bed Side with a Candle lighted in his hand
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upon which this Informant got up in her
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Bed and insisted upon his going down
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Stairs he then Immediately put out the
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Candle and violently and feloniously
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Seizing hold of her throwed her down in the
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Bed and stopped her Mouth with his Hand
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so that she cou'd not call for any
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Assistance he then and there had carnal
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Knowledged her Body and actually
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Committed a Rape upon her against her
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Will and Consent
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Taken and Sworn before me this
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16th. of October 1786
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Elizth.
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Smith
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Mark
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