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Informant went in and hearing that the said three Men were
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escaping backwards, he ran out and came to the Gate of the
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Burying ground. and after placing other Watchman there to prevent
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their escaping he went into Lock's house again. That the Dining
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Room door was open in which Room was a Fire, Knvies and
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Forks and the part of a Glass of Beer on a table and appeared
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as tho' same person or Persons had just left it. That in the
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front Garrett he found
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Mary Pritchard
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now present sitting
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on a Bed, whom he delivered to another Watchman. That finding
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the Door of the two pair of Stairs Back-room locked, he broke
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it open and between the Sheets of Bed therein he found the
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15 pieces of silk and two pieces of Velvet now produced.
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And the said
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Richard Richards
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on for himself says that he is
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a Watchman and went into Lock's house at the same
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time and after searching some time he found the said
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Davis in
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standing against the Wall thereof in a concealed posture
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whom he secured and took to Saint Martin's Watch house.
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And the said
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James Lock
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says that
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Mary Pritchard
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Samuel Davis
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now present have cohabited together in this
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Informant's house about two Months that the said
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Mary
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Pritchard
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was his Tenant and rented the whole of the One
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pair of Stairs Floor and the two pair of Stairs Back room
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but no other part of his house. That the Close mentioned
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by the said
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Moses Murrant
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(as having found Implements of
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House breaking therein) is a part of the Premises let to the
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Mary Pritchard
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. And the said
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Henry Bainbridge
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says
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that the Red Cloth
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Manchester
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Velvet, pieces of Silk and
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