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wanted to lay with this Informant & he gave her
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a Crown piece & some half pence which she saw him
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take out of his Coat pocket then this Informant
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&
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Undressed the
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Gentleman
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& put
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him in to Bed & laid his Cloaths upon a Chair by
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the side of the Bed this Informt. & the sd.
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then agreed to go out & soon whether the Crown
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piece was a good One upon their going out of the
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House. this Informant saw a person now present
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who calls himself Wm. Addington and one John Heat
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not yet taken sitting together upon a Bench
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at the very next Door: they then went to the Sign
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of the two Sugar Loaves in
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where they changed the Crown piece in about half
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an hour this Informt. & the said
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went home to this Informt. Lodgings & is going up
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Stairs this Informt. heard somebody upon the Stair
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upon which
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asked who was there
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& was answered (by a Man whose Voice this Informt.
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is well acquainted with & is certain was the Voice
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of
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William Addington
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in these words Blast
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your Eyes you Bitch whats that to your
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and in about two or three Minutes
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Immediately went into her own Rooms which
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she found in Darkness then she had left a Candle
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bearing when she first went out & imagining
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some Injury had been done to the Gentleman
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she &
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run directly down Stairs
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when this Informt. saw
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Wm. Addington
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run out
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at a Back Door with a large Bundle in his hand tied
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up in a Handkerchief that they then procured a light
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and going up Stairs into the Room and found
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that all the Gentleman things had been taken
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and Carried away the Gentleman appearing to her
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to be asleepthis Informt. & the sd.
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went together to look for Wm. Addington but could
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not find him this Informt. met
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John Hart
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at
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that time when this Informt. reproached him calling
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him a Rogue & desired him to tell her where the Gentm.
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Cloaths were when he blasted her Eyes for a Bitch
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bid her go along or else how could know
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