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Taken this 13th day of Feb 1789 Who being on their Oaths say and first the said
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for herself saith she rents aforneshed lodging having a
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Room to herself in the said house That this night between the hours of Seven and
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Eight she left her said room which was safe locked and the Windows railed
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down The Cotton Stockings produced lay on the said says she returndin
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about a Quarter of an hour discovering one of the said Windows open and
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the person present who says his name is
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behind part
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and saw the said Stockings
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And on Examinings
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the Room found a pure of Glass Boghe and nails drown of the Wind our and
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said Bed with
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on his Oath saith this night between the hour of seven
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and Eight as he was coming up
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he
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heard
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Elizabeth Remsham
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cry Thiefs Thiefs he run to her Assistance
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William Hunter
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That he assisted her
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and
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whilst she went for a Constable That
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George Foreister
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came and
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Searched him and found in his Breast under his Shirt the Stockings
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producedThat a pure of Glap in one of the Wind our appeard to
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him to have been broken and that the less hand bloody of the said William
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on his oath saith this night about the hour of Eight
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Elizabeth Ramshaw
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came to him saying her house had been broke open and had
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got one of the people that he went with her to her lodging where was
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John Johnson
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who
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had hold of
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Wm Hunter
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That he searched him and found on his Bosom neat his skin the
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Stockings produced which Ramsham said was her property
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George Foreister
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says he had not any becomplete that he
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found the Stockings produced in the Yard doth not know how
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he came by the Bruize on his left handThat he did not touch
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The Bed or Bedding at all that he got over the pails into the
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said Yard to ease himself
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Taken used and declared to be the truth
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This
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13th day of Feb 1789
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=
"date"
value
=
"17890213"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Before me
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_n754-1"
>
John Staples
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rs
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n754-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
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inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n754-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Staples"
>
</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n754-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"755"
>
his
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_n755-1"
>
William
<
figure
rend
=
"mark"
>
</
figure
>
Hunter
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n755-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n755-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Hunter"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n755-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Mark
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"756"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-1"
>
Elizabeth Ramsham
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Elizabeth"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Ramsham"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-2"
>
John Johnson
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-2"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-2"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Johnson"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-2"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
and George Foreister sworn
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the
<
rs
type
=
"date"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_date141"
>
13th of Feb 1789
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_date141"
type
=
"date"
value
=
"17890213"
>
</
interp
>
Before me
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-3"
>
John Stapley
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-3"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-3"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Stapley"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMOBPS45037_n756-3"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
</
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>
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