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				<div style="font-family:serif;"><i>Old Bailey Proceedings Online</i> (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 09 June 2023), April 1726, trial of                      William                      Griffin                                                                                (t17260420-65).<hr/><h2>William Griffin, Sexual Offences &gt; sodomy, 20th April 1726. </h2>                                                                                                   <p>                                                                  William                      Griffin                                                                                                          , was indicted for                                                          Committing Sodomy with                                                                         Thomas                            Newton                                                                                                                                                                                               , May 10                  . Thomas Newton thus depos'd. The Prisoner and                                  Thomas                   Phillips                                                                                        , (who is since absconded,) were Lodgers for near 2 Years at Clap's House. I went up stairs, while the Prisoner was a Bed, and there he committed the Act with me.                                  Samuel                   Stevens                                                                                         depos'd, That he had seen the Prisoner, and his Gang at Clap's House.                                     Guilty            .                                                          Death            .</p>            </div>
				
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