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<p n="1325"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1402">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1325-1">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Smith</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ552">Singlewoman</rs>
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taken before me one<lb></lb>
of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ553">Justices of<lb></lb>
the peace</rs>
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in and for the<lb></lb>
said County</p>
<p n="1326">Who being upon Oath saith that she lives a<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ554">Servant</rs>
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with one <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1326-1">William Hodge</rs>
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(a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ555">Broker</rs>
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) in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1403">Ratcliff highway</rs>
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in the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1404">Saint George<lb></lb>
Middx</rs>
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that on Sunday night the fifteenth<lb></lb>
of October instant she went up Stairs in<lb></lb>
her said Master's House situate as aforesaid<lb></lb>
about Eleven oClock and She locked her Room<lb></lb>
Door and Put her Candle out and got into<lb></lb>
Bed but had not been long when her said Master <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1326-2">William Hodge</rs>
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<lb></lb>
came up Stairs and violently broke open<lb></lb>
the Door of her said Room came to her<lb></lb>
Bed Side with a Candle lighted in his hand<lb></lb>
upon which this Informant got up in her<lb></lb>
Bed and insisted upon his going down<lb></lb>
Stairs he then Immediately put out the<lb></lb>
Candle and violently and feloniously<lb></lb>
Seizing hold of her throwed her down in the<lb></lb>
Bed and stopped her Mouth with his Hand<lb></lb>
so that she cou'd not call for any<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
Assistance he then and there had carnal<lb></lb>
Knowledged her Body and actually<lb></lb>
Committed a Rape upon her against her<lb></lb>
Will and Consent</p>
<p n="1327">Taken and Sworn before me this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45030_date226">16th. of October 1786</rs>
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}<lb></lb>
R: Smith</p>
<p n="1328">her<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1328-1">Elizth.<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Smith</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
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