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Image 16 of 37218th December 1773


Middlesex to Wit


The Information of Sarah Richards
Catherine Archbold< no role > . and Margaret Condey< no role >
of [..] Drury
Lane Saint Giles taken before me
one of his Majesty's Justices of the
Peace for the said County

Who being severally upon Oath say And first this
Informant Sarah Richards< no role > for herself saith that
she keeps a Public House known by the Sign of the
three Crowns in Drury Lane that on Saturday Night
the 18th. of December instant about Eleven o'Clock
three Man whose Names who has since heard are
Christopher Riley< no role > Thomas Murphy< no role > and Richard
Fotterell
< no role > who is the Person now the present came into her
House and went up Stairs to the Apartment of the
other Informant Catherine Archbold who has a Wake
upon the Death of a Child this Informant fastened
her House up. and went up to her Bed in the One pair
of Stairs Rooms in which she looked up in her Drawers
forty four Shillings in Silver two Guineas & a half
in Gold Two Crown pieces in Silver Two pair of
Silver Shoe Buckles Two Silver Stock Buckles
and a Great Quantity of Wearing Apparel & Linnen
that about three o'Clock the next Morning this
Informant got up. and [..] fastened
her Room Door [..] left all safe came down Stairs
and opened her House soon after which she said
Biley came down to this Informant for a pot of
Hott. & went out of Doors which this Informant was
making it and staged same time then came in again
and told her she need not being herself [..] this
Informant offered to go up stairs for Intmegg to put into
it but ne answered it would do very well without
when she had made it he took it up Stairs & desired
her not to go up for he would Carry it himself
that about half an hour after the above Transaction
Pirley and Fottesell came down Stairs together & went
out together. & stayed about half an hour then came




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