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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15090_n38-2">Henry at him</rs>
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the younger<lb></lb>
against <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15090_n38-1">Thomas Hilliard</rs>
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, who is charged<lb></lb>
before me with having wilfully set Fire to his<lb></lb>
Dwelling House No. 6 Bird in hand Court, in<lb></lb>
the said City Who on his Oath saith that about<lb></lb>
half an hour past twelve of Wednesday last in the<lb></lb>
Morning he was alarmed in bed with a cry of Fire<lb></lb>
that he got up and enquired where the Fire was and was answered<lb></lb>
the Fire was at Hilliard, House, and by a Vrite<lb></lb>
that he then took to be Hilliard's, he dressed<lb></lb>
himself came down Staing into Bird in<lb></lb>
Paid Court aforesaid and then want into<lb></lb>
Hilliards House and up one pain of<lb></lb>
Stain, and as soon as he put<del>up</del>
his Footer<lb></lb>
the one pair of Stairs landing Place he<lb></lb>
saw a Cloud of Smoak, and perceived a<lb></lb>
Flame through the Lattice over a Closet<lb></lb>
Door on such landing Place, he went up to<lb></lb>
the Door<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
with Intent to open it but formed<lb></lb>
it look'd and the Key gone, he this Informant<lb></lb>
then made enquiry for the Key, but no body<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
appearing to know any thing about it<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
he drove his should<del>with</del>
several<lb></lb>
times with Violence against the Closet<lb></lb>
Door, and at last drove the Door in<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
at the Tops<lb></lb>
and there in a small Corner Cupboard within<lb></lb>
that Closet he perceived very plainly the<lb></lb>
Flames warring, and saw the Tub now<lb></lb>
produced all on Fire which he this<lb></lb>
Informant immediately took out and<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15090_occ14">carried</rs>
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as far<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
as he could<lb></lb>
untill it burnt him, and then he throw</p>
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