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<p n="663">at Mr. Harris's Knasher very well and would give her a Character<lb></lb>
on which this Informant sent to the Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n663-1">John Harris</rs>
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's<lb></lb>
house for <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n663-2">John Bloude</rs>
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the prisoner now under Examinations<lb></lb>
who happened to be then out, but after wards came to this Informant<lb></lb>
House, who or being interrogated as to his Knowledge of this Woman<lb></lb>
appeared to be angry<del>asking what</del>
& said, she lived in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo620">Wheeler Street</rs>
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<lb></lb>
that she was a very Honest Woman, and ask'd what they wanted<lb></lb>
with her, he was told there was a suspicion of her<del>carryon</del>
bringing<lb></lb>
stolen Goods, he again said she was a very Honest Woman, and<lb></lb>
he would go with her to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo621">the Mansion House</rs>
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, he accordingly<lb></lb>
went with her, and there sent for half a pint of wine for her<lb></lb>
kour thence they all<del>cause</del>
went to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo622">Guild hall</rs>
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and on being<lb></lb>
brought before a Magistrate<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
and some Suspicions having<lb></lb>
been entertained of him from the manner of his Behaviour,<lb></lb>
both he and the Woman were examed but being seperately<lb></lb>
examined and they happening to contradict each other in several<lb></lb>
Circumstances<del>they</del>
Informant & others began more strongly than ever to suspect the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n663-3">John Bloudes</rs>
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being concerned in some clandertine or dishoners's<lb></lb>
Business with the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n663-4">Martha Ford</rs>
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, and accordingly he was<lb></lb>
told that they wished to search his lodgings, to which he appeared<lb></lb>
very readily to consent,<del>he</del>
and gave Directions to one Green's a<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo623">Porter in Saint John Street</rs>
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where he said he lodged in a Garrett<lb></lb>
but soon after being ordered to be sent to the Compter and gone out of<lb></lb>
the Justice Room the persons who had him in Custody Presently<lb></lb>
returned with him and declared he then refused to permit any in<lb></lb>
person to search his lodgings, adding that he did not know<lb></lb>
that there was any Gunmal Charge against him; he was<lb></lb>
accordingly then taken to the Compter, and this Informant with<lb></lb>
said Mr. Hartley and other Person went into St <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15092_geo624">John Street</rs>
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to<lb></lb>
enquire for one Green a Porter, but could find no such person<lb></lb>
and this Informant went to the Compter to said Bloude to<lb></lb>
remonstrate with him about giving a false direction to his<lb></lb>
lodging she appeared then to be in Liquor and was abusive<lb></lb>
and would have struck this Informant had he not been<lb></lb>
prevented And this Informant further saith that the next day he saw a<lb></lb>
Man, who said he was Brother to <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n663-5">Martha Ford</rs>
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, at the House of<lb></lb>
the Informant Harris & the same day the Informant Thomas<lb></lb>
Cause by came there, and on that day he learnt where the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n663-6">John Bloude</rs>
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lodged, and he this Informant went to the lodgings of<lb></lb>
said Bloude & remained there until the Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n663-7">Thomas Hartley</rs>
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went for a<lb></lb>
Search Warrant and came thither with a Constable and then<lb></lb>
the Informant Dinmore<del>being</del>
a Constable sessisted by the Informant<lb></lb>
Hartley, Said, Cause by himself & some others<del>and there</del>
found there<lb></lb>
a great Quantity of Goods consisting of Hats, Goats wool<lb></lb>
Red Wool and other articles wherein the Informant John<lb></lb>
Harris the Master of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15092_n663-8">John Bloude</rs>
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dealt in, they also<lb></lb>
found a twelve Inch Rule with the Initial Letters of Mr. Harris's Name<lb></lb>
upon it, which this Informant Knew to be the Hand writing of the said<lb></lb>
<del>Thomas</del>
John, Harris, they also found a pair of money Seales in a Fish Skin<lb></lb>
case, says that the Goods and things found were all taken away</p>
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