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The Informations of
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in the said City,
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Wife of Samuel Liversuch Who being upon Oath severally
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Night last about
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half past 10 o'Clock the said
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Hannah Wickfall
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it being light she observed the shade of a shortest WomanSaith
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who had
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taken it, having seen her frequently at the Lodgings of the said Hannah
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WickfallSaith that she desired the Prisoner Hannah Wickfall to
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shew her the Lodgings of the said
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, which she pretended
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to do, but as it afterwards appeared, went quite a Contrary WaySaith
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had left
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the Door of her said Lodging unlocked, altho' on her First waking her she
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had said it was locked, she charged her into CustodySaith that she
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got Assistance and upon strict Search her Box
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was found broken
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open with the Cloaths now produced, and which are her Property, in it,
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in the Apartments of
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William Darby
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, with whom the
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for himself saith
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that having received Information of the above Robbery, he made search
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after the Parties concerned, and upon searching the Lodgings of the said
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, he found the Caravan Box and the different
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Articles of wearing Apparel now by him produced in his RoomSaith
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that the Prisoner
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was in Bed with himSaith
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that under these Circumstances to took them both into Custody
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And the said Mary Liversuch for herself saith
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that about a quarter part eleven o'Clock at Night on Tuesday last she saw
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the Prisoner
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, as she was standing at her own Door, come
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Taken and sworn at the
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London the 8th. March 1787, before me}
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Geo W Macaulay
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Mary Liversuch
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