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The Information of
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Johanna Clarke
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of May 1789.
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that on Tuesday was
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took
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the Lock of Mr Pitts Door at the top of the Steps leading from
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to Mr. Pitts House, that said Jones
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again on Thursday or Friday following about said door. That said
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Jones put the Lock on said door on Friday or Saturday last that
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from the time of taking said Lock off to this day said Jones hath
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Nine or ten different times mostly in the
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Mornings before the Office was open and sometimes in the
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middle of the day And that he generally pretended to come about
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Mr
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. That this morning about eight oClock said Jones
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Came when he said "that he was come to put on an
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to Mr. Pitts Lock". Informant asked him, If he wanted the Keys, and said
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Jones replied "no, He could do without the keys". That said Jones then
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went up Stairs towards Mr Pitts door and this Informant Staid
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about ten minutes in the Parlour when she went to Ask him if
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he knew anything of an Iron Bar She had missed; And not finding
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him there, She went thro the Lords Room, Mr Rose's Room, and
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opened the door of Mr Steele's Room (the Windows of which Rooms
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were all Shut) When she called out "Smith" three times, and
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upon no Answer being made she went into Mr Steele's Room
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the door falling too after her And as she was going towards the
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door of Mr Steele's Room, which leads to Mr Cotton's Office, she
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turned her head round in Mr Steele's Room and saw
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said Jones in the Room Coming from the Window (the Room being
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dark from the Window Shutters being Shut) When she observed
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to him that she had been all round the House looking for him
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when said Jones replied "for me my dear, what do you
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