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Lodges she saw a young woman coming out of the
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Mathew Wakes House and had in her hand a printed
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was going to do with it That this Informant then
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Called Assistance and had her taken into Custody
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for herself saith
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That the Gown now produced is her own property
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and was Washed this day after which She hung it on
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a line in the parlour above mentioned That it is
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of the Value of Fifteen Shillings
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Sworn before me the
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6th: October 1786}
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