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Complaint
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R. B.
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Sarah Gibson
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the Wife of
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in the County aforesaid
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Blacksmith
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taken and made before me
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Edward Montagu
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Esqr one of his Majesty's Justices
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of the Peace for the said County
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the twenty sixth Day of April in
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the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
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eighty eight
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Who on h er Oath saith,
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That she
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aforesaid
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& that this afternoon two Men came in a Chaise and
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asked for a pair of Childs. Shoes & also for some
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Stockings, both of which she shewed them but they
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did not approve of either. And this Informant says
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that they then asked her if she could charge
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a Guinea & beleiving she could, took from her Pocket
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a Parcell of Silver she had there, & also two Guineas
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which were mixed therewith, & holdg. the same in her
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Open hend said "There is a bad Shilling amongst
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them." upon which one of the aforesaid Persons, (who called
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, under pretence of distinguishing
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the bad shilling)
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Fraudulently & deceitfully took
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carried away one of this Informants. Guineas That
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she immediately discovered the Loss & carried Pursuit to
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be made, & having come up with them in the Parish
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of Wilsden they were brought back to
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& this
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Informant says the said
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returned to her
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the Guinea he had so taken away & is possitive it
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is the same she had in her hand, for it was a hight
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one & had a black Speck on the head, by which Mark
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she can Possitively swear it is the same she so lost.
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Sold by COLES and EVANS, Stationers, No. 21.
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Taken the day & year aforesaid before me
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