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<p n="255"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15098_geo224">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit}</note>
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The Voluntary Examination of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n255-1">William Athill</rs>
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taken on Oath the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15098_date46">28th. day of September 1786</rs>
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before<lb></lb>
me one of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15098_occ85">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15098_geo225">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="256">Who on his Oath Saith That on Friday morning the First day of<lb></lb>
September Instant <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-1">Richard Stephens</rs>
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came to this Examinants<lb></lb>
house at No.6 in Black eagle Street in the Parish of Christ<lb></lb>
Church and was brought up into his Bed Room by the Woman below<lb></lb>
stairs and they being all the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
present this Examinant being in bed<lb></lb>
Stephens asked this Examinant if he would<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
buy some Swagg<lb></lb>
that he had got Examinant asked him what it was Stephens<lb></lb>
made answer it was Muslins<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Prints and Irish Examinant<lb></lb>
then asked him where<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
he said it did not signify where it<lb></lb>
but if Examinant would meet us at Langleys in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15098_geo226">Goswell street</rs>
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the<lb></lb>
Corner of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15098_geo227">Sutton Street</rs>
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they would take him to where the Swagg<lb></lb>
was accordingly Examinant told Stephens he would be there about<lb></lb>
seven o'Clock that Evening and he went there about that time to<lb></lb>
the said Langleys House and at the Bench of the door was the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-2">Richard Stephens</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-3">Henry Fossett</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-4">Thomas Taylor</rs>
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, and George<lb></lb>
Tucker sat drinking of Beer those Four then desired this<lb></lb>
Examinant to stay there for a few Minutes till they came<lb></lb>
back this Examinant then went into the house and called for some<lb></lb>
Brandy and water and in a few Minutes <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-5">George Tucker</rs>
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came back<lb></lb>
to the Window where Examinant was sitting in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15098_geo228">Langleys house</rs>
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and told Examinant to come with him Langley standing then by<lb></lb>
Examinant told him to put his Liquor by for him and he would<lb></lb>
pay him at his return then Examinant and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-6">George Tucker</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15098_occ86">went</rs>
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down an Alley near the three Jolly Weavers at a place called<lb></lb>
Ratcliff Lear in the Parish of Saint Luke into a house on the<lb></lb>
Mr Bells house<lb></lb>
right hand side of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15098_geo229">the Alley</rs>
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where this Examinant and Tucker<lb></lb>
found up one pair of Stairs the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-7">Henry Fossett</rs>
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Richard<lb></lb>
Stephens and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-9">Thomas Taylor</rs>
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together having in there Custody<lb></lb>
a large bagg which is now in the Custody of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-10">John Armstrong</rs>
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a<lb></lb>
Peace Officer and a Large Quantity of Dimity Muslins containing<lb></lb>
One Hundred and Forty Two Yards in Four pieces which was agreed for<lb></lb>
by all the partys at One Shilling per Yard, They then asked Examinant<lb></lb>
if he would buy some Irish and some Prints Examinant said Yes as he had<lb></lb>
bough one thing he would buy others then <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-11">Henry Fossett</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-12">Richard Stephens</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-13">Thomas Taylor</rs>
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went down stairs and left this Examanint and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15098_n256-14">George Tucker</rs>
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together they said they were going to fetch the other Bagg<lb></lb>
and was gone about twenty Minutes and then all three of them returned<lb></lb>
and brought with them a Bagg containing seven pieces of Irish Cloath a<lb></lb>
Quantity of Prints and five Dozen of Pocket Cotton and LInen Handkerchiefs<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
he this Examinant agreed with them for Eighteen pence a Yard for the Printed<lb></lb>
Cottons and one shilling a piece for the Handkerchiefs and a Guinae a Piece</p>
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