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One Ounce, that said Lead consisted of One Large Piece
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and three smaller piecesafter the Lead had been so weighed
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Informant agreed to Give Two Gunieas and an half for the same
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but did not that day either pay for said Lead a take the same
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awayThe day following Informant in Company with the
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Person whose Opinion he had taken upon the Lead, went again
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to said Ann Massleys Appartment, when she refused to
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part with the Lead unless Informant
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paid Two pounds Sixteen
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Shillings and Six pence for the same instead of Two Guineas and
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half, Which was accordingly done, and Informant and his
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Friend brought away the LeadThat some Time in the
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Month of May last Informant being in Denzill Street was again
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call'd to the Appartment of the said
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Ann Mapley
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, who asked
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him to buy more Blead Lead producing to him at the same
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Time three pieces, which were immediately weighed at a
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Batter shop at the Corner of Denzil Street and Vere Street
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and was found to weigh Two pounds and an half, for which she
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demanded after the rate of Fifteen Shillings & pound;
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Informant
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not Musing to give so much, until he had consulted with the,
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person whose Opinion he had before taken, left said
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Ann
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, and returned next Day to her with said person
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who offered her Seven Shillings a pound for said Lead,
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which
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was rejected; and Informant and his friend quitted the
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Appartment without Dealingthat about a Month
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afterwards Informant
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was again at the Appartments of the said
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Ann Massley
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who then told Informant that he should
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have the Lead at Seven Shillings a pound, which, after
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consulting
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with his Friend he purchased for Seventeen
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Shillings, and his said Friend paid him a Guinea for said Lead
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That on a about Friday the 11th. day of July last
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again called Informant into her appartments
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and produced to him Two Lumps of Black Lead which he carried
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to the Shop of Mrs. Pyke in Dezill Street and found the
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