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<p n="60">She King<lb></lb>
agt.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50392_n60-1">Peter Hughes</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50392_n60-2">Rachael Watson</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50392_n60-3">Catharine Cowper</rs>
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Upon an Indictment <lb></lb>
for an Assault upon<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50392_n60-4">Mary Childs</rs>
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<p n="61"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50392_geo43">Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50392_n61-1">Peter Hughes</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50392_geo44"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50392_geo45">King Street</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50392_geo46">Saint Giles in the<lb></lb>
Fields</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50392_geo47">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50392_occ24">Victualler</rs>
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One of the Defendants above named Maketh Oath that<lb></lb>
Mary Childs the Prosecutrix abovenamed hath been some<lb></lb>
Months removed from her late place of Abode in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50392_geo48">Broad Saint<lb></lb>
Giles's in the Parish</rs>
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aforesaid And further that he this Deponent<lb></lb>
hath made frequent and diligent Inquiry after the said Mary<lb></lb>
Childs's new place of Abode or Habitation and hath used his<lb></lb>
Endeavours to find out where she was to be met with but has<lb></lb>
not been able to find out her now place of Abode nor has this<lb></lb>
Deponent seen or heard any Thing of the said Mary Childs or <lb></lb>
where she was to be found or met with untill Monday last the<lb></lb>
ninth Instant about four o' Clock in the Afternoon when the<lb></lb>
said Mary Childs called at the house of Mr. Brown this Defendts.<lb></lb>
Sollicitor in order to make up the Matters in difference between<lb></lb>
her and the said Defendants and where this Deponent then was and<lb></lb>
did see the said Mary Childs and caused her to be served with a<lb></lb>
Notice for trying the Traverse of this Deponent and the other Defendts.<lb></lb>
above named to the said Indictment as on Wednesday then next which<lb></lb>
Notice she refused to accept And this Deponent further saith that<lb></lb>
the said Mary Childs did then utterly refuse to let this Deponent knew<lb></lb>
where she the said Mary Childs lived or was to be met with And this<lb></lb>
Deponent saith that he is still a Stranger to the Place of Abode or<lb></lb>
Habitation of the said Mary Childs or of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50392_n61-4">William Childs</rs>
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her<lb></lb>
pretended Husband.</p>
<p n="62">Sworn in Court the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50392_date3">11th. Day of Janry<lb></lb>
1748</rs>
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.}<lb></lb>
Waller</p>
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