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1779

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in the open Air and not giving a good Account of herself.

That one Edward Edwards< no role > who is totally unknown
to your Petr. did upon the sd. 29th day of June make
Oath before the sd. Right Honble. the Lord Mayor that
your Petr. lived as a hired yearly Servant with Charles
Dean
< no role > in the said parish of Chelsea and that your Petr.
continued in his Service in the sd. Parish two years
and upwards, whereupon his Lordship by a Pass Warrant
or Order under his Hand and Seal (after reciting that
your Petr. was apprehended in the Parish of St. Olave
Silver Street London as a Vagabond as afsd) did require
Richard Lambert< no role > a Constable of the sd. City to convey
your Petr. to the Parish of St. Clement Danes in the said
County of Middlesex and directed your Petr. to be thence
conveyed on to the sd. Parish of Chelsea to be there provided
for according to Law and your Petr. was so conveyed
accordingly.

Your Petr. denies to have committed any such
Act of vagrancy as in the sd. Pass Warrant is alledged
or any other Act of vagrancy whatsoever but on the
contrary that your Petitioner lodged at her usual
Place of abode the night preceding the date of the
sd Pass Warrant, and at the Time of her being forcibly seized
and taken into Custody in manner aforesaid fit being
then about Eleven of the Clock in the forenoon) she was
walking the Street in Company with the Wpman
who




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