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<p n="5"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx ss</note>
<lb></lb>
The Examination of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50217_n5-1">William Taylor</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50217_geo3">Hamersmith</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50217_occ2">Fisherman</rs>
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taken the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50217_date5">sixteenth day of March 1723</rs>
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before <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50217_n5-2">John Birch</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50217_occ3">Serjt. att Law</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50217_occ4">one of his Majties Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace</rs>
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for the sd. <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50217_geo4">County of Middx</rs>
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<p n="6">This Examinant saith upon Oath that this Morning he saw<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50217_n6-1">Richard Absalom</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50217_geo5">Hamersmith</rs>
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aforesd <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50217_occ5">Labourer</rs>
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in bedd with<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50217_n6-2">Margarett</rs>
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this Examinants Wife in the sd. Richards house this<lb></lb>
Examinant's sd. Wife being looking after the sd. Absalom's wife<lb></lb>
who was lying in And saith that the sd. Richard & Margarett<lb></lb>
were between the Sheets and had noe wearing Apparell on<lb></lb>
except their Shifts And he this Examinant watched them there<lb></lb>
above an hour and saith he verily believes that he the sd.<lb></lb>
Absalom had carnal knowledge of her Body And that the sd<lb></lb>
Absalom's Wife was in another Bed in the same Room asleep<lb></lb>
as he believes because this Examinant called & awaked her</p>
<p n="7">Jurat did et Ann suprad<lb></lb>
coram<lb></lb>
Birch</p>
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Mark</p>
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