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The Examination of
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Arthur Self
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taken before me St
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ye 31 1718
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This Examint saith yt last night at Nine a Clock he went to ye Vault or Boy house in
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, when he came no person was there, while he sat there came in one
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& sat downly his, when he ye sd Self was comeing away he ye sd Evans started
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up & stood betwixt his & ye passage of ye Door. & swore yt he should not go by him
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but
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you
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he insisted to go away. & he sd God Dawn his, he should go to
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such a house, pointing to ye Corner house of
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& he
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swore again & Struck his a blow with a Cane, & compelled his to go with
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his to ye
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being ye corner house of ye sd lane, where he called
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to one an Gardner a Porter, & said a Sodomite, upon which ye sd Porter called
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his Molly Etcthere they kept his above an hour, & called for Drink &
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would had his pay for it. but he refused so to do; & afterward he ye sd
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forced his down to ye Watch house in
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, & committed his to ye
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Constable of ye night. further he saith yt he offerrd to release his for half
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of Drink
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coram me
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