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and one of his Majesty's Justices
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This Informant on her Oath saith that on or about the Twenty first
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the Key of her Apartment in
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Handkerchief, Cap and Apron and four Shillings in Money, which the
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said Parker accordingly did the same day and for his Trouble therein
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this Informant paid the said Parker, Two Shillings, that the said
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Parker refused to deliver this Informant her said Key untill
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several Days after pretending that he had not fastned the Door
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that on or about the Thirtieth day of April aforesaid this Informant
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was Discharg'd from her said Confinement and went to her
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from thence (to Witt) Two Silk Gowns, two Table Cloths a Velvet Hood
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a Cambrick Apron, a Velvet Pilgrim a Cambrick Cap laced, two peices
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Ten Napkins and other things that this Informant mistrusting that the
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said Parker had Stolen the said Goods she endeavoured to find him
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but was not able to do it for several days by treason he the said
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Parker absconded and this Informant does strongly Suspect the
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said Parker hath stolen the same
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Sworn the Day and Year
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abovewritten before Me
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