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5th December 1771 - 16th December 1772

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Image 393 of 69523rd July 1772


wanted to lay with this Informant & he gave her
a Crown piece & some half pence which she saw him
take out of his Coat pocket then this Informant
& Mary Brown< no role > Undressed the Gentleman & put
him in to Bed & laid his Cloaths upon a Chair by
the side of the Bed this Informt. & the sd. Mary Brown< no role >
then agreed to go out & soon whether the Crown
piece was a good One upon their going out of the
House. this Informant saw a person now present
who calls himself Wm. Addington and one John Heat
not yet taken sitting together upon a Bench
at the very next Door: they then went to the Sign
of the two Sugar Loaves in King Street St. Giles
where they changed the Crown piece in about half
an hour this Informt. & the said Mary Brown< no role >
went home to this Informt. Lodgings & is going up
Stairs this Informt. heard somebody upon the Stair
upon which Mary Brown< no role > asked who was there
& was answered (by a Man whose Voice this Informt.
is well acquainted with & is certain was the Voice
of William Addington< no role > in these words Blast
your Eyes you Bitch whats that to your
and in about two or three Minutesthis Informt.
Immediately went into her own Rooms which
she found in Darkness then she had left a Candle
bearing when she first went out & imagining
some Injury had been done to the Gentleman
she & Mary Brown< no role > run directly down Stairs
when this Informt. saw Wm. Addington< no role > run out
at a Back Door with a large Bundle in his hand tied
up in a Handkerchief that they then procured a light
and going up Stairs into the Room and found
that all the Gentleman things had been taken
and Carried away the Gentleman appearing to her
to be asleepthis Informt. & the sd. Mary Brown< no role >
went together to look for Wm. Addington but could
not find him this Informt. met John Hart< no role > at
that time when this Informt. reproached him calling
him a Rogue & desired him to tell her where the Gentm.
Cloaths were when he blasted her Eyes for a Bitch
bid her go along or else how could know [..] her down for Money




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