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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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for the Young Gentlemen if they wanted them, And Shewd the Pistols
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Then She Came in with the Pistols And Mr. Clarke took them
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And Bid her go Home And fetch his Powder Box his Wig
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and his StickThat Informant then Let Mrs. Clark
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Out And Went
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up Stairs to Work and saw no more
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Saith She Saw none of the People without Doors
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Only Saw One Face Looking thro' the Shutter (which was
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open but very little in the middle) And she knows nothing
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of the Person and should not Know him again if She was
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to See himThat after Informant had been up Stairs
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about half an hour She heard a Noise in the Street and
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Looked out at Window And Saw a great many People in
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the Street and Mr. Clarke was at Mrs. Ballances Comer
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(next Door but One to Informants Mothers) Coming to
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Informants Mothers with
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a Pistol in his
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right HandThat She then saw several Men and Boys
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following him But does not know any of them
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That She did not See Clarke Present the Pistol agt. any One
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or Attempt to Discharge itThat she could not from
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the Window See the DoorAnd did not know when Clarke
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Came in again But heard the Mob Say that he was in
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And the Mob broke the WindowsThat then Informant Attempted
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to Come down Stairs And about five Stairs up from the Ground She met a
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Man who held up a Stick and Said he would Kill every
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One in the House if he did not find Mr. Clarke there
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But who that Man was or how he was Dressd' or Whether
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he was a Tall Man or a short One or were his own Hair
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Informant cannot SayThat when the Man found Clarke
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was not up Stairs he went into the Kitchen and Informant
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went into the Street and immediately the word was Passed that
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Clarke was over the Wall backwards
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