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upon his Oath
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same Money and Notes of the Bank and on the Evening of the same day, about
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the hour of Eight he was passing
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came out of the house and invited him to go in, which he refused, where upon
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with another person purshed him foreibly
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into the house, and into a Room on the Ground flour, when
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I wod. have You send for some supper and go up stains to bed directly-
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he then gave her a Guinea to procure a Supper, and promised to bring him
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him up into a Room up two pair of Stairs, which he objected to having
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a Suspicion that he was in bad hands and when he was in the said
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room the said Poll Randall by force took of his heat, Coat, Hand Kerchief
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and Shoes under the pretence of and ressing him, and whilst she was
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so an dressing him a person not Yet taken brought up a small piece
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of beck upon a Plate without bread or beer and then went out of the-
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room soon afterwards returned with a third half pint of Gin of
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which he drank one Glass, and after drinking the same Poll Randall
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came up to him and said My Dear You sean to have deal of Money abt.
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You, you had better bet me take care of it for you, has the Girl meaning
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Mary Butter had been guilty of a great many petty tricks he answered
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he was capable of taking care of the Money himself, that he wanted to go
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