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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-1">Elizabeth Thompson</rs>
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of the same place Widow taken this<lb></lb>
13 day of Aug 1788 Before me <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-3">John Staples</rs>
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Esqr One of His Majesty's Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace in and for the said County who being on Oath say And first the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-4">Elizabeth Thompson</rs>
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on her Oath saith she<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
taken in person to<lb></lb>
lodge in her said house And that on Monday night last the 11th Instant between<lb></lb>
the hours of Eleven and twelve The person present who says his name is <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-5">Richard<lb></lb>
Smith</rs>
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came and asked her to let lodge there which she refused<del>and</del>
he went away<lb></lb>
and returned in about a Quarter of an hour and agreed to lay with another man<lb></lb>
and pay Three penceThat <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-6">Elizabeth Pugh</rs>
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came in took of her her Clock and laid it on<lb></lb>
the Table where they were says <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-7">Richard Smith</rs>
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paid her this Informant for his Lodging<lb></lb>
he standing fronting her with his Back to the Table drunked his Gin run out immediately<lb></lb>
and never returned saying he would go and fetch some beer Says <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-8">Elizabeth Pugh</rs>
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instantly<lb></lb>
said he had taken her cloak and run out to endeavour to secure him That he hath<lb></lb>
not a Doubt the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-9">Richard Smith</rs>
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Stole said Cloak There being no other person in her<lb></lb>
said house near <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-10">Elizabeth Pugh</rs>
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on her oath saith on Monday Evening the 11th Aug<lb></lb>
Instant between the hours of Eleven and twelve she went to her Lodgings as aforesaid where she<lb></lb>
saw <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-11">Richard Smith</rs>
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pay Mrs. Thompson for his lodgingThat she pulled her Black silk mode cloak<lb></lb>
of which she Values at Ten Shillings and laid it on the Table went and fetched some Gin which they<lb></lb>
drank That <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1150-12">Richard Smith</rs>
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stood with his back toward the said Table saying he would go and fetch a pot<lb></lb>
of Bear that he immediately went away and before he could be clear of the fore door she missed her<lb></lb>
Cloak and went in the neighbourhood to see if she could find him that she did notand as these<lb></lb>
were only themselves she has not a Doubt but the said Richard stole her said Cloak</p>
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Mark</p>
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<p n="1153">Taken and Sworn<lb></lb>
The 13 of Aug 1788<lb></lb>
Before me</p>
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saith he never saw or had the said Cloaksays the Reason he went<lb></lb>
away after paying for his lodging was that he went to the sign of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo671">Black Swan</rs>
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for a pint of Beer that having got too much in his head was the<lb></lb>
Reason he did not lay at Mrs. Thompson</p>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
<p n="1157">Taken and Signed<lb></lb>
The day and Year abovementioned<lb></lb>
Before me</p>
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