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at Mr. Harris's Knasher very well and would give her a Character
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on which this Informant sent to the Informant
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the prisoner now under Examinations
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who happened to be then out, but after wards came to this Informant
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House, who or being interrogated as to his Knowledge of this Woman
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appeared to be angry
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that she was a very Honest Woman, and ask'd what they wanted
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with her, he was told there was a suspicion of her
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carryon
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bringing
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stolen Goods, he again said she was a very Honest Woman, and
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, he accordingly
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went with her, and there sent for half a pint of wine for her
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kour thence they all
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and on being
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and some Suspicions having
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been entertained of him from the manner of his Behaviour,
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both he and the Woman were examed but being seperately
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examined and they happening to contradict each other in several
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Circumstances
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Informant & others began more strongly than ever to suspect the
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being concerned in some clandertine or dishoners's
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Martha Ford
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, and accordingly he was
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told that they wished to search his lodgings, to which he appeared
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very readily to consent,
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where he said he lodged in a Garrett
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but soon after being ordered to be sent to the Compter and gone out of
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the Justice Room the persons who had him in Custody Presently
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returned with him and declared he then refused to permit any in
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person to search his lodgings, adding that he did not know
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that there was any Gunmal Charge against him; he was
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accordingly then taken to the Compter, and this Informant with
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said Mr. Hartley and other Person went into St
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to
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enquire for one Green a Porter, but could find no such person
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and this Informant went to the Compter to said Bloude to
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remonstrate with him about giving a false direction to his
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lodging she appeared then to be in Liquor and was abusive
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and would have struck this Informant had he not been
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prevented And this Informant further saith that the next day he saw a
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Man, who said he was Brother to
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, at the House of
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the Informant Harris & the same day the Informant Thomas
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Cause by came there, and on that day he learnt where the said
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lodged, and he this Informant went to the lodgings of
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said Bloude & remained there until the Informant
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Thomas Hartley
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went for a
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Search Warrant and came thither with a Constable and then
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the Informant Dinmore
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being
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a Constable sessisted by the Informant
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Hartley, Said, Cause by himself & some others
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and there
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found there
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a great Quantity of Goods consisting of Hats, Goats wool
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Red Wool and other articles wherein the Informant John
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Harris the Master of the said
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dealt in, they also
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found a twelve Inch Rule with the Initial Letters of Mr. Harris's Name
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upon it, which this Informant Knew to be the Hand writing of the said
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Thomas
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John, Harris, they also found a pair of money Seales in a Fish Skin
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case, says that the Goods and things found were all taken away
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