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From the Above periods she concludes the Child to be 7 years old or thereabouts She says the mother very seldom if
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ever saw the Child from the Birth untill the time of her being called on before the Justices to prove its settlement
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and from thence accuses her of being a very unnatural Mother She at first spoke positively as to the House and the age
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of the Child and say'd she had given the precise Testimony above stated to the JusticesIt appears the Vestry Clerk
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has been with her since the Notice of the Appeal for on her being again Interrogated since
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such Notice was given by the Officers of
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She Affects to have forgot all the Circumstances above
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related particularly as to the precise time of the Birth of the Child and now says she was not Examined before the
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Justices And on her being questioned as to the Age of her own Child whose Milk the Illigitimate Child suck'd
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she wont give any Account On being Asked about the Marriage of the mother with
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she tells
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she will let them into a secret (ie) that
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was a
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had another wife at the time of his Marriage with
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From all the circumstances of this Case It
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appears pretty evident there is a kind of collusion between the Officers of Saint Leonard or the Vestry Clerk and
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the Mother and nurse by their Combined Story to fix the Inhabitancy of the Child in
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Immediately on receiveing the Order of removal the Officers of Saint Mary Staining
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having on Examination of circumstances found the in consistency of the Storys by the mother and nurse and
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conceiveing they had compleatly imposed on the Parish officers of
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Apply'd first to the Majestrates for
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a sight or Copies of the Examinations by whom they were Referred to Mr Searr the
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Parish Mr. Searr was these apply'd to for the same requesting his Assistance to Join in
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Inquiry to find
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out the imposition But Mr Searr AsConscious that some wrong Steps had been taken by him or
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his Officers declined to produce such Examination or to give any Assistance to find out the truth
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The Child from Circumstances appears to be a total Stranger to the Mother refusing to go to her
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And in fact it is presumed the mother cannot by any possibility (if Strictly examined) Indentify the Child
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having never seen it from its Birth
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The Child appears to be full 7 years of Age but not 9 YearsIf therefore it can be presumed
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that all the parties are so far Mistaken as to the Age of the Child as to swear it is not Seven years OldAltho:
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it may be nine Yet if the Testimony of Mr Hallpike and wife is true It could not have been born in the house
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Sworn toAnd parties differing so Widely as to the time of the Birth of an Illigitimate Child which must
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at least
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have left a strong in pression on the mind of the mother will surely induce the Court to pay little
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Credit to any part of their Testimony
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A Mr. Redfern was the
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who paid for the nursing the Child but he says
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that Mr. Collins has been dead near six years and by his account the Child must be 8 years of Age
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Mr. Redfern will attend if it should be at all proper to examine him
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Sarah Jackson
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the Mother
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Frances Well
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Are Spned to produce the Child and to be examined as to the precise time and place where
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the Birth happened And it is requested they may be very Strictly examined and the Evidence
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compared with the Examinations before the Justices And it is also Submitted that these Witness
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together with any other produced by Saint Leonard should not hear each other EvidenceTheir
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Contradictory accounts already given will surely Justify such a Request
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Christopher Hallpike
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his
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Will Prove the period they occupied the House
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No 8
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to be from
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1784 to 1792 That
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Sarah Jackson
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never lodged in their House or was ever
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delivered thereof a Child
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