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in which Service She continued
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about three weekes & then left the said Service without
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any warning That being acquainted with a woman who
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who whilest this
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Informant was in the said Mr James's Service came Sevrall
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times to her Masters house insomuch that her Master
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took notice of it & asked this Informant who She was but
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this Informant denied that She had any knowledge of
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her That after She left the said Mr. Jamess Service
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came Several times
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to this Informant & told her it was an easy matter to
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Rob the said Mr James asking her where he kept his
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money & where he & his wife lay to which this
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replyed that the money was kept behind the
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Barr where he & his wife lay (That during this Informants
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Service wth the said Mr James She would have
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had her sett
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a Silver Tankerd of the said Mr James
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in a place where the dishes are washed where She the
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might easily carry
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it
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off That on Sunday the thirtieth of December last
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this Informant & the said Margaret White als Wells
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was together most part of that day & about nine
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of the clock at night by the advice of the said
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Margaret White als Wells they went to
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on the backside of the said Mr James's house where
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the back door was open & they passed through the
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said house without any notice taken & went on
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as She hath been since
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Informed being an acquaintance of the said Margaret
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White als Wells that after Some discourse
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between Margaret White als Wells & the said Fletcher
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