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Nicholls never in no Conbination (meaning Combination) nor consprising (meaning conspiring) against any Person
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that Week I Sollomnly (meaning Solemnly) declare She never was out of my Company (meaning Company) the
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Washing was begune before I came & the Cloves (meaning Cloaths) was not all got out of the Way till ye Saturday Night
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We never was abroad but One day in that Week it was one (meaning on) ye Fryday Jnevor was out of her Company
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(meaning Company) All that day It was about Eight o'Clock at Night when We came home to Supper to ye best of my
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knowledge What We had that Night was low (meaning low) fowles rested
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The Indictment further averrs that sd. Mary was not in Company with Deft on sd. 9th. day of Nov. And could
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never Swear the Matters contained in sd. Paper Writing according to Truth & yt at sd. time when Deft So Sent ye Same
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Deft knew that sd. Mary could not Swear Etc ye Matters contained therein To the Great hinderance of Justice To
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ye Evil Example Etc & agt. ye Peace Etc
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14th: Jan: 1743
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Deft was arraiggned at ye
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old Baily
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& Pleaded Not Guilty
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The Case
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1739
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One
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William Frankland
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a
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Prisoner
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Newgate
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for Debt having been very Zealous in promoting a
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Complaint to ye Court of Aldren of Sevl. Exactions & Male Practises of ye head Turnkey Nicholls or rather of ye
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Deft his Wife & ye Court of Aldren having Sett on feet on Enquiry into those Abuses the Deft thought it proper to
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remove Frankland out of ye Way & therefore contrived to have him charged with a Robbery committed in Oxfordshire in Order
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yt She might remove him thither by Haes Cor.
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For this Purpose she gott
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Edward Bygrave
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one of her Creatures to go with her to Mr. Justice Morris at
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Kensington
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Where being both disguised and personating Mr. Spacer of Aynor in
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Northamptonshire
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& his
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Sister both Swore the Robbery) By grave's Informacon alone being taking in Writing) and obtained a Warrt
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agt. Frankland And Deft Afterwards made Several Attempt to gett a Habe as Corpus but and
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not obtian it and at last was totally prevented by a Discovery being made of ye Conspiracy to ye Court of
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Aldermen
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The Court having ordd. a Prosecucon Bygrave was taken but ye Deft Nicholls made her Escape to France
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Bygrave was Indicted for Perjury, pleaded Guilty and dyed Soon after his Sentence
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The Deft having privately returned was by means of her Husband discovd. & charged with this Conspiracy
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and in I an Sessions 1741 a Bill of Indictmt. was found agt. her to which She pleaded Not Guilty
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Having contracted an Intimacy with One Mrs. Knible a Relacon of her husbands and having found Means
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to Persuade her of her Innocense She prevailed upon her in this her Distress not only to land her All
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ye Money She had or could borrow but to give her Notes of hand for Consble Sums and to land and pawn
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for her all most All her Cloaths Turniture and Effects to ye Great Prejudice of not only of herself but of a
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Mother and two Sisters Who subsisted upon a Small Pension yt had as a Lieuton of a Man of
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Warrs Widow
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Besides All Which She had likewise persuaded Mrs. Knibls to offer herself for one of her Bail and
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accordingly 10th. Feb 1741 Mrs. Knible went up with her to
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but was rejected by ye Court & Mrs
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Nicholls remanded to Newgate
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In their Return from Westm Mrs. Nicholls bid Mrs. Knible Send her Mother Mrs.
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Mary Tannatt
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to her
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as soon as she got home for yt. She had Something of Consequence to say to her
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Mrs. Kniblo Who had begun to ask Mrs. Nicholls for some of her Money & things back again was in hopes
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yt. She wanted to talk with her Mother on yt. Subject and therefore Joy fully goes home tells her
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Mother wt. Nicholls had desired and hurries her away.
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Mrs. Tannatt Imediately Sent out for a Neighbour Mrs.
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Catherine Merchant
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for to go with her & they
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went Imediately together
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As soon as they latred Nicholls's Aparmt. in Newgate She welcomed them in But upon Mrs.
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Tannatt telling her yt her Dear & She were almost rained this her Means and yt. She hoped she had
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