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The Information of
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Quinsor of the
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Parish of St. James
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within the Liberty of Westmr
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Milliner
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and
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Samuel Mettayer
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of
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the said Parish
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Haberdasher
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taken upon their Several Oaths
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this 6th. Day of May 1748.
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And first the said
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Eleanor Pegus
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for herself saith That yesterday the
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5th. instant her Mistress told her this Deponent She missed Several
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Womens quilted Caps out of her Shop, and She this Deponent Mistress as
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well as this Deponent having a Suspicion the same were taken away by one
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Mary Porter
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(who work'd for this Deponent's Mistress) this Deponent
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desired her said Mistress to enquire of the other Deponent
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Samuel Mettayer
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whether such Caps So lost as abovemd. were offered to him to Sale, and that
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thereupon the said
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told this Deponent's Mistress & herself
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that he had on the 5th. instant bought Sixteen such quilted Caps of the
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for Sixteen Shillings And the other Deponent the
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said
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Samuel Mettayer
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for himself saith That last Night being
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fifth instant he did buy of the said
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Mary Porter
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Sixteen quilted Caps
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for Sixteen Shillings as mentioned by the other Deponent, Eleven of which Caps
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this Deponent hath now produced which appears to be the property of the
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Beitrand Quinsac and which things the said
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Mary Porter
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acknowledge
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to be part of the Things She Stole out of her said Master's House
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Sworn this 6th Day of May 1748
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before me one of his Majesty's
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Justices
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of the Peace
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for the
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City & Liberty of Westmr
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Hen: Trent
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