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<p n="88"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx<lb></lb>
and<lb></lb>
Westmr.}<lb></lb>
to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50395_n88-1">Mary Griffiths</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_n88-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50395_geo46">Globe Tavern</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_geo46" type="placeName" value="Globe Tavern"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_geo46" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
in Fleets street<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50395_occ41">Spinster</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_occ41" type="occupation" value="Spinster"></interp>
, taken before me this <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50395_date28">20th.<lb></lb>
day of April 1749</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_date28" type="date" value="17490420"></interp>
.</p>
<p n="89">Who being upon Oath says that in June last she lived<lb></lb>
as a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50395_occ42">Servant</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_occ42" type="occupation" value="Servant"></interp>
with a Person now present who calls himself<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50395_n89-1">Robert Fawcet</rs>
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who then Lodged in the house of Mr. Giblett<lb></lb>
an Engraver at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50395_geo47">Islington</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_geo47" type="placeName" value="Islington"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_geo47" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
, Says that one day in the said Month<lb></lb>
of June between Eleven and Twelve of the Clock in the forenoon<lb></lb>
she this Informt. went up Stairs into her Master's Bed Chamber<lb></lb>
with an Intent to call him to Breakfast, Says that when she<lb></lb>
went in, she found her Master (the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50395_n89-2">Robt. Fawcet</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_n89-2" type="given" value="Robt"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_n89-2" type="surname" value="Fawcet"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_n89-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
) Lying Naked<lb></lb>
upon the Backside of one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50395_n89-3">Wm. Carpenter</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_n89-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
since Deceased (the Bed<lb></lb>
Cloathes not being upon them at that time) and upon this<lb></lb>
Informts. going Into the aforesaid Room, the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50395_n89-4">Robert Fawcett</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_n89-4" type="surname" value="Fawcett"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_n89-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
gott off the said Carpenter and presently afterward saw him<lb></lb>
whipe his private parts with his Shirt And this Informt.<lb></lb>
further says that from the reasons aforesaid she verily beleives<lb></lb>
that they Committed the Detertable Sin of Sodomy betwixt<lb></lb>
them, Says that<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
upon her asking her Master if he was not<lb></lb>
ashamed<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
of being Guilty of such An Action, hereplyed<lb></lb>
that it was an Unhappy gift that God has given him, and he<lb></lb>
could not Live without it, Says that she spoke to Carpenter<lb></lb>
at the same time and asked him the same Questions, To which<lb></lb>
he Replyed her Master would never let him alone, and that he<lb></lb>
the said Fawcet had, ruined the said Carpenter's body and Soule</p>
<p n="90">Sworn before me<lb></lb>
this <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50395_date29">20th. April 1749</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50395_date29" type="date" value="17490420"></interp>
.}<lb></lb>
H Fielding</p>
<p n="91">her<lb></lb>
Mary 3 Griffis<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
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