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The Information of
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for himself says that on Friday Night last he went to a House
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with a Woman now present who calls herself
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Martha Mc. Carthy, that he went to Bed and the said Martha Mr. Carthy
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lay on the Bed, that when he awoke in the Morning he examined
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his Pockets and found that a Handkerchief now produced and
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nineteen pounds and upwards in Money had been stolen from him, that
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he charged the said
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with having his Handkerchief
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in his Pocket and also the Handkerchief when he went into the
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, that he does not know
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of any other person being in the said Room except the Said
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Martha Mc. Carthy and
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himself form the Time he went
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to Bed to the Time of his Missing the Money and Handkerchief
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and he does verily believe the said Martha Mc. Carthy stole
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for himself says that when he was sent for to take the said
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Martha Mc. Carthy into Custody he searched her and found the said
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Handkerchief now produced in the said Martha Mc. Carthy's Pocket
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Sworn before me
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August 13. 1781}
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