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For the King
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The King
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London to Witt
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The Jurors for our Lord ye King upon their Oath present That
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Staymaker
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on ye first day of January In ye 15 year of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lord George ye Second King of Great Britn.
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France and Ireland Defender of ye faith Etc and divers other times between that day and ye day of ye taking
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of this Inquisition with force & arms at London to Witt in ye parish of
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Saint Martin Ludgate
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in ye Ward of
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Farringdon
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without in
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afd did keep and maintain and yet doth keep and maintain a certain Common
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Ill governed and disorderly house and in his said house for his own Lucre and gain certain evil and Ill disposed
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persons as well Men as Women of Evil name and fame and of dishonest Conversacon to frequent and come
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together then and ye sd. other days & times there unlawfully and wilfully did cause and procure and ye said Men &
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Women in his said house at unlawful times as well in ye night as in ye day then and the said other days and
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times there to be and remain drinking tipling whoring and Misbehaving themselves unlawfully and
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Wilfully did permitt and yet doth permitt to the Great damage and Comon Nusance of all ye Subjects of Our
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said Lord ye King and agt. ye peace of Our said Lord ye King his Crown & Dignity Etc
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The Case
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The Deft keeps a Common Bawdy house (as described in ye Indictment) upon
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Ludgate hill
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at ye Sign of
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the Bunch of Grapes with his Name upon it where all Sorts of Strong Liquors are sold for ye Entertainmt
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of loose persons of both Sexes at all hours both Night and day To ye Great Nusance and disturbance of
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the Neighbourhood who are most of them Creditable and Substantial Tradesmen
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The Deft having for this Offence been returned by the Wardmote Inquest was ordered to be prosecud
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at the City's Expence You will observe he is Stiled Stay maker in the Indictment, It seems ye Gentleman to
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account in some measure for ye great Number of females resorting to his house gives out that he
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follows ye Business of Staymaking, But as We shall be able to prove that all ye Ladies pick up Men in ye
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at all hours of ye night & carry them to his house, We hope ye Jury will be of Opinion they do not
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go there to make Stays.
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Proofs
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That frequently in the Night time Men and Women go in and out of Defts
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house, that ye Women are Comon Street Walkers and frequently Pick up Men in the
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and carry them into Deft's house, That Generally Men ring the Bell or knock
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at ye door with their Sticks or Canes at 1,2, & 3, o'Clock in the Morning & are lett in,
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and Deponents have carried some of the Women who ledge or frequent Defts house to
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the Watchhouse for Common Street Walkers & Say Defts house is a Notorious
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Disorderly house, and that Deft pretends he is a
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& that ye Women are his
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Journey women}
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John Burton
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Say Deft's house is a Notorious Disorderly house & have taken Women who are
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reputed Common Street Walkers out of Deft's house & carried them before a
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Magistrate who has committed them to
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Thos. Ward
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John Mansfield
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& Says
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Deft has owned ye Women belonged to him
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To Prove the Genl. Character of the HouseMr.
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Francis Dalby
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Mr.
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Mr. Manwaring
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Mr. Manby, Mr. Hewett
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