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The Informations of
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taken upon their Several Oaths this 13th Day of May 1748
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And first the said
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for herself saith That this Day one
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with another person whose Name is not known to this Deponent
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came into her House and called for a pot of Beer and at the Same time
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gave her a Sweet-Bread and Kidney to dress for their Dinners, which She look
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from them in Order to dress, and gave her Servant Orders to draw the Quart
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of Beer which She did, and while her said Servant went to draw another Pint
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of Beer, and this Dywnent was dressing the said Victuals in her Kitchen, She the
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said Dywnent (while her Servant was in the Cellar) went into her Tap Room
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where She left the said Symmonds and other person but to her great
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Surprise, found they were gone, and the pot of Beer not touch'd nor paid for,
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went into the Street, and made Enquiry for the said Symmonds and the other
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person whose Name is not known, and, by the Direction & Assistance of her
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Neighbours and her said Servant, She secured the said Symmonds, and Sent
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of him the said Symmonds, And the said
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saith, That upon
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Securing the said Symmonds, he the said Symmonds said, That he imagined
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that the said Candle sticks were Secreted in the
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(commonly called
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the French: Change) in one of the front Drinking Rooms of the said House
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(agreeable to the said Symmonds's Information) the said Candle sticks were found.
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Sworn the said 13th. Day of May 1748
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before me
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