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in the said County Watch hand Piercer,
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Who on Oath saith That about a Week ago
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James Regler
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Shelton No. 5 in Mount Low
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He desired liver to go and
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insure which she did, with a view to detect them and to bring
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them to justice, and that she had no view of profit or advantage
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whatsoever, On Friday last she went there and saw
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John
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Elizabeth Moody
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and a Mr. Bunkle.
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the wheels now produced stood upon a Table, Sheen sat behind
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them, that Bunkle was in the room when the drawing
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began, but walked out. A Man in a green Coat named
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(as she thinks) Lovegrove stood and called out the Blanks and
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prizes and sheen wrote them down in a Book; the said
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drew the Papers out of the blank prizes
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Wheel-That a Woman whose name is unknown to this
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Examinant Drew the Numbers out of the other Wheel, the said
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cut the strings that were tied round the Papers
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that were drawn, and called out the Numbers. There were
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about a dozen of People there at the time, some of whom
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paid Money. That this Examinant went in and
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an account of the heat of th room, and staid about an
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hour and a half; Sheene and Lovegrove took down the
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Insurances and Sheene received the Money, and this
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Examinant saw him receive Money in particular
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from the said
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James Pegler
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and this Examinant
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further saith that she was there again on Monday
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Evening last & the said
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Elizabeth Moody
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was there; This
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Examinant staid till the Lottery was finished. There is
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generally about an hundred numbers or more drawn
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every Evening, Every time it comes to a score the wheels
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are turned round a fresh. And this Examinant
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further saith that she went there again last Night
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about seven o' Clock and found the said
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John Perkins
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employed in calling the Numbers over and the said
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Elizabeth Moody
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was filing the Prizes and Blanks and
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drawn with ah Needle and thread-That there were
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