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upon her Informacon upon Oath taken before Me
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: One of her Mtyes
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Justices of ye Peace
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for ye County of Midds Saith
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That she this Informt. having been wth
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her Sister
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in ye sd County abt: ye End November or ye
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begining of December last As he is her sd Sister being reang to come
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away in ye Evening ye sd Mrs. Jenkins invited her & her sd
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Sister to
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dine wth her upon ye Sunday Senight then next following :& that she
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the Informt: & her sd Sister did accordingly go & dine thereupon ye
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sd Sunday & that after Dinner ye sd Mr. Jenkins askt this informt:
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& her sd Sister of they wanted any Furbelow'd Scarves, & went wth:
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them into a Chamber up Stairs sd their them severall Furbelow'd
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Scarves, some of velvet & some of Silk & preferr'd them to sale &
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desired them sd help her to Customers for thence And this Informt:
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further Saith That abt: a work after She & her husband & her sd
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Sister went again to ye sd Jenkins his house & ye sd Thomas pit her
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husband then gave five Shillings to ye sd Mr. Jenkins in part of
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Two Guineas wch were ye price agreed upon for one of ye sd Silk
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furbelow'd Scarves & that in a short time after last Christmas he ye
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sd Thomas Pit sent for ye sd
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London & paid him
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Shirts Eight Shillings more being in full for ye sd Scarfe That abt:
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Three Months after ye paymt: of ye sd Thirty Eight Shillings She this
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Informt: went to ye sd
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house & upon some discourse wth him
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he told her that he would turn away A woman who has dwelt in his sd
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house three Months or there abt: who went by ye Name of Jane (but this
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Informt: Scarves not her Sir name) Saying Hang her A Jade She Stole all
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these Scarves or words to that Effects & he ye sd Jenkins then also told this
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Informt: That he was sap enough for that he know ye Sister of ye woman who
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own'd all the Scorey And further this Informt: Saith That She hath often they
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that when Stranger or Psons not well known have come into ye sd Jenkins house
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either he or his sd wife would hide ye sd I am in a Washouse they have both
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told this Informt: that they were Sorry they had bought ye sd Scarves became it
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could fall heavy on them at last
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Jurat
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2d die Novembr 1708
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