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<interp inst="t18101031-59-person710" type="gender" value="female"/> </persName> . I was lady's maid to Mrs. Erskine; I left town with her on the last day of July. The house was left furnished in the care of
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<p>Q. Do you know the man at the bar - A. Yes, he had permission from Mrs. Erskine to sleep there.</p>
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<interp inst="t18101031-59-person713" type="gender" value="female"/> </persName> . I gave permission for her to have her husband to sleep at the house.</p>
<p>Q. When did you return to town - A. Last Friday evening I went to my house, expecting that I had beds to go to; there were bedsteads, but no furniture; the furniture had been all taken away.</p>
<p>MRS. ROBINSON. My husband is an upholsterer; my husband was employed by Mrs. Erskine to take an inventory of the furniture in the house; Mr. Hall the pawnbroker, applied to me to know if I could identify a table, I could not. I went with him to Mrs. Erskine's house to take an inventory with me; I examined the state of the dining parlour, there were only one chair left, and the furniture of all the beds were in the house were gone;
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<p>Q. Were there any duplicates found on searching the house - A. Mr. Hall made her produce the duplicates.</p>
<p>Q. Look at the ticket and see whether there is any mark by which you know it - A. I was at home when
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<persName id="t18101031-59-person715"> HENRY HOWARD
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<interp inst="t18101031-59-person715" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> . I am a constable; I took that ticket out of a waistcoat pocket in the garret of Mrs. Erskin's house on the 9th of last month; the prisoner told me it was his waistcoat, it was a duplicate of a chair cover, said he knew nothing of pledging any thing, nor how it came there; he did not know the waistcoat was under the bed in the garret. The house was stripped of every thing.</p>
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<interp inst="t18101031-59-person716" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> . I am an officer of Marlborough-street; I was sent for to Mrs. Erskine's house, I apprehended the prisoner, he said he knew nothing of the robbery, nor of the pledging any thing.</p>
<p>Q. What became of the woman - A. I do not know.</p>
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<persName id="t18101031-59-person717"> JOSEPH BAYLESS
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<interp inst="t18101031-59-person717" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> . I am a pawnbroker, No. 3, Adams Row, Hampstead Road, I have some chair covers, pledged by a woman.</p>
<p>Q. Who brought the stove, that you lent three pounds upon - A. I do not know.</p>
<p>Q. You have taken articles day after day, tables, chairs, &c. do you mean to say that you do not know that this man pawned any of these articles - A. If I knew I would tell. I could swear to the woman if I saw her; the whole of the articles are at our house.</p>
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<p>MR. MARRAT. I produce some chair covers pledged by the name of Collins; I enquired of my young man before I came here, none of the articles pledged at my house were pledged by a man.</p>
<p>Prisoner's Defence. I never took any thing out of the house, and always gave a strict charge not to touch any thing whatever.</p>
<p>The prisoner called two witnesses, who gave him a good character.</p>
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<p>Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.</p> </div1></div0>
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<p>Q. Do you know the man at the bar - A. Yes, he had permission from Mrs. Erskine to sleep there.</p>
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<p>Q. When did you return to town - A. Last Friday evening I went to my house, expecting that I had beds to go to; there were bedsteads, but no furniture; the furniture had been all taken away.</p>
<p>MRS. ROBINSON. My husband is an upholsterer; my husband was employed by Mrs. Erskine to take an inventory of the furniture in the house; Mr. Hall the pawnbroker, applied to me to know if I could identify a table, I could not. I went with him to Mrs. Erskine's house to take an inventory with me; I examined the state of the dining parlour, there were only one chair left, and the furniture of all the beds were in the house were gone;
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<p>Q. Were there any duplicates found on searching the house - A. Mr. Hall made her produce the duplicates.</p>
<p>Q. Look at the ticket and see whether there is any mark by which you know it - A. I was at home when
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<p>Q. What became of the woman - A. I do not know.</p>
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<p>Q. Who brought the stove, that you lent three pounds upon - A. I do not know.</p>
<p>Q. You have taken articles day after day, tables, chairs, &c. do you mean to say that you do not know that this man pawned any of these articles - A. If I knew I would tell. I could swear to the woman if I saw her; the whole of the articles are at our house.</p>
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<p>MR. MARRAT. I produce some chair covers pledged by the name of Collins; I enquired of my young man before I came here, none of the articles pledged at my house were pledged by a man.</p>
<p>Prisoner's Defence. I never took any thing out of the house, and always gave a strict charge not to touch any thing whatever.</p>
<p>The prisoner called two witnesses, who gave him a good character.</p>
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<p>Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.</p> </div1></div0>
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