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there only Six Months, That he took the House of one Williams at so much
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per Month furnished, and gave no good Will, it was a Coffeehouse and
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a Lodging House-Himself and a Housekeeper was all the Family, her
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name was Rose Solomons whom he took without a Recommendation,
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Met her first at some Public House, he does not recollect what Wages
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he gave her; finding the House did not answer he left it, and took
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a House No. 1
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Fletcher Row
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Clerkenwell
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to follow his business of a
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Cabinet Mr. as Master-That he bought materials of one Mr. Mangleman
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for his Trade; cant tell what he paid for Timber, that
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he always paid in ready Money. That he sold Goods of his own
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Manufacture to Mr. Smith of Shadwell and at No. 115 in Old Gravel
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Lane to a
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and
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Undertaker
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, had not dealt with him three
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or four Months - That the last money he received was five or six Guineas
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about a Fortnight ago. That he sometimes employed one Weston as
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Journeyman who lives at No. 2 Fletcher Row, That Examinant resided
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in Fletcher Row about a Year then took a House N: 7 James Street Burnhill
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Row and has lived there between five and six Months. That he was
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32 Years of Age last October, and that he came to London and went
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down to Norwich two or three times in four or five Years after he
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served his
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, That he did not stay at Yarmouth the
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whole time but went backward and forward - That he was Six
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Months confirmed in Norwich Castle, but cant tell how long tis since
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he went there, That he was indicted at the Quarter Session, and
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was fined because a Man sayd he had lost Money at Cards. That
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he was six Months in prison and paid a Fine of Twenty Pounds
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and it may be nine or ten Years ago - Stay'd there three or four
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years after his discharge, Worked with Mr. Sharp that time at the back
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of the Inns four or five Days in a Week and get upon an Overaged
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15 or 56 Shillings, afterwards with one Sutcliffe in Dove Lane and
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stay'd with him about Six Months.
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