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The Information of
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Mary Tay
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Godfrey Upton
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taken before me one of his Majestys
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for the sd County
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Who being severally on Oath say & first this Ins
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for
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himself that he in Employed as a
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Journeyman
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to one Mr Clerk in the
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carrying on a Building a Bloomsburry and this Inf. further saith
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that the sd. Mr Clerk hath had stole from 4s.d Ba day a large Quantity of
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Timber and several Scaffoldling Board And this It Saith on
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Saturday last the other Ins Tay came to the sd. Building & told this
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Ins & the other Ins. After (who is a
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to Mr. Clark in the sd Buildg)
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there one
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Wm. Saunders
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had carryed of from the sd Building
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upwards of 20 boards and a large Quantity of Timber & Parlor
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a large pein of Oak Timber & this Ins. then had a Warrant
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to search the precues of the sd Saunders & found there a lorse Pein
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of Oah Timber and a great Number of other Peins of Timber
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and Parlar a large Quantity of Scaffoldling Boards which sd.
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Boards he verily bels. was the Boards of this Inf. Master but
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the workes was not out of all but one Pein which
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the Ins. custody & in the properly of the sd. Niclay And this Inf
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Mary Fay
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for herself saith that he
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lived a Servant to the sd Wts Saunders and further saith that
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the sd. Wm. took this Inf with him to the said Buildings And the
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Ins had direction from him to watch if any Person was coming
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which she did and a
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of these times the sd. Wos took up and carryd
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away from the sd. Building the sd. Rein of Oak Timber and at
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other times the sd. Wos. carryed away Timber & Scaffoldling
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boards And this Ins further saith that as son as she had brought
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in to his house the sd. Board he at out the Marks thereof
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And this Ins verily bels. that he brought away from the sd.
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Building about Twenty Scaffoldling Boards which he used
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to secure in a Vault in his own house And this Ins Godfrey
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After for himself saith that a large Quantity of Timber
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hath been stole from the assd. Building and further saith
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that he went with the other Ins. Abbot to seouk for the
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