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1781

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Middlesex
to wit}


The Information of Judith
Colman
< no role > Wife of John Colman< no role >
of Blackhorse Yard Saint John
Wapping taken before me one of
his Majestys Justices of the peace
in and for the said County

Who being upon Oath saith that on Wednesday
night the 26th. of September instant between
nine and Ten o Clock being at ten own house
situated as aforesd. she heard a great noise at her
Street Door when taking up the Candle to she
what was the matter [..] the Door was
Violently broke open and Eight Men came
into her house with drawn hangers or Cutlass
in their hands and with horrid Imprecations
demanded to know where that old bloody
bonger Colman was whose Life they
swore they would take away when a person
now present who calls himself Stephen
Collins
< no role > and who was one of the EightMen
that feloniously broke and Entered her house
as aforesaid went to the bed side when seeing
the said Colman in bed he made several




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