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he the said Fletcher Crossed the way & Went into Mr
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James's house to the yard & presently after the place at
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the Barr being clear & no person present the Said
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went cross the way into the
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Said Mr Jamess house & tooke a lighted Candle from the
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untill this Informant came up to her at wch. time
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they went into a Room where the Fowle linnen is
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comonly put where they Set the Candle in the Chimney
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& Stayed there untill the Servants were gone up Staires
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in the Garret to bed & then they went into a Roome
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on the same flower where they found a black poplin
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Gown & a Silke petticoate wch lay on the Bed & another
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Silke gown & petticoate & a pair of Stayes trimed wth gold
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three Shifts three white Aprons two handkerchefes a Muslain
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neckcloath Senall blew Aprons two lace ruffles & a dimond
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earing wch goods they put into a baskett & Margaret White
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Wells brought them down to the one pair of Staires this
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Informant lighting her at the Same time wth the Candle that
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afterwards the Cloaths being emptied out of the basket
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Margaret White als Wells took the basket & went upstaires
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again in to the first room & brought down a Suite of
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Manns Apparell but this Informant carryed them up
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again & left them there And then they went down Staires
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the Candle being almost out & this Informant putting
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her hand into a drawer in the Barr thinking to find a
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Candle found three Silver Spoons which She tooke away
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And then finding the said Mr James not gone to bed
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but was in the Vault under ground they went backwards
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thinking to have gott out of the house that way with the
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goods but when they came there they found all fast
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in the back roome called the Eagle where
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the help him out at a Window backwards by meaning the woode Shutter & where they
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continued afterwards untill some company who were
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