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27th.. day of Sepr. 1768
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Who being upon Oath says that She knows
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the former a Barber the latter a Glazier that she lived with said
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Mc.Cloud for about four Months down to the Time the Misfortune
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and on that very Saturday
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Night they went out from her Room together about 9 o'Clock and
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returned between and one (as they informed her as to the hour
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when they returned) that Mc.Cloud appeared without his Coat hatt or Wigg
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and that Simpson had also lost his Wigg, that they told her they had been
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Coat to a Person to hold it was run away with, that they all thraley
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in her Room that Night, that the next Morning said Simpson went down
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to Wapping to Mc.Cloud's Brother who is a Sailor on Board the Success
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then laging off
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Hairs and brought a Cheque Shirt a Silk Handkerchief
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and a white Flanen Jacket which said Mc.Cloud put on says the next
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day being Monday, that is to say yester was three Weeks, they both went off
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in Order as they said to go to Mc.Cloud's Unde at Greenland Dock to get some
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more Cloaths for him to go on Board the said Ship which is a Stockholm
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Merchant says She hath not seen either said Simpson or Mc.Cloud since
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says She never suspected then of the Murder of Mr. Stoddart until last Thursday
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when She saw their Names in the Newspaper that Mc.Cloud's Brother
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Christian Name is
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and that he came from the Ship to her Lodging
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with the Jacket his last Sunday three Weeks in Company with Simpson
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that the aforesaid Ship was to Sail as last Sunday fortnight as they told
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her for Stockholm from whence She came says She has seen sd. Mc.Cloud
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with such a Coat and a such a Handkerchief as are now
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Sworn before me
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Septr. 27. 1768}
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Isabella
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O' Brien
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