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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1089-1">William Fisher</rs>
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at<lb></lb>
Lord Egremonts <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo645">Piccadilly</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1089-2">George<lb></lb>
Zeal</rs>
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taken before me one of his Majesty's of<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45034_occ244">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said County this<lb></lb>
22nd. Day of August 1788</p>
<p n="1090">Who being severally sworn upon their Oaths say<lb></lb>
and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1090-1">William Fisher</rs>
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for himself sayth That<lb></lb>
a bent Eleven or Twelve o Clock last Night he went with a<lb></lb>
Person now present who calls herself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1090-2">Elizabeth Palmer</rs>
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to her Lodging in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo646">Geodge Street Saint Mary le bone</rs>
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where he agreed to sleep with her that they accordingly<lb></lb>
went to bed together in her said Lodgings where the<del>y</del>
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other Person now present who calls herself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1090-3">Jane Ford</rs>
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appeared and acted as Servant to he said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1090-4">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Palmer</rs>
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<del>Ford</del>
that at the time they went into Bed this<lb></lb>
Informant put his Breeches for security under<lb></lb>
the Pillow & Bed at which time this Informant<lb></lb>
is posotive & certain there<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
six Guineas &<lb></lb>
Two Half Guineas in Gold with some Silver in the<lb></lb>
Pocket of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo647">his Breeches</rs>
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and this Informant further<lb></lb>
saith that about an hour after they had been in Bed<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1090-5">Elizabeth Palmer</rs>
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got up Seemingly in a hurry<lb></lb>
called for her maid who came out of the next room with<lb></lb>
a Candle and told her she missed her pockets when<lb></lb>
they both went to rumaging the bed pretending to look<lb></lb>
for them when they where found the maid then<lb></lb>
returned to her room and after some time this Informant went<lb></lb>
to Sleep that about ten o Clock this Morning this<lb></lb>
Informant was disposed to get up and still found the<lb></lb>
Sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1090-6">Elizabeth Palmer</rs>
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in Ved with him & cannot take upon<lb></lb>
himself to say who then she quited him in any part of the<lb></lb>
night or not that upon going to dress himself he found<lb></lb>
his Breeches had been removed from the place where<lb></lb>
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