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184 A WONDERFUL INSTANCE OF
up. The Prince paid, and went out abruptly. The Abbe
soon learned that this was the Prince Bathiani himself;
but was not satisfied, till following his carriage, he saw it
proceed towards the place De Espagne ; but this knowledge
he confessed, only made him regret, that he did not make
a better advantage of the opportunity which had escaped him,
A WONDERFUL INSTANCE OF SIMILARITY OF PERSON.
In the year 1727, Thomas Geddely lived as a waiter with
Mrs. Hannah Williams, who kept a public-house at York.
It being a house of much business, and the mistress very
assiduous therein, she was deemed in wealthy circumstances.
One morning her scrutoire was found broke open and rob-
bed, and Thomas Geddely' disappearing at the same time,
there was no doubt left as to the robber. About a twelve-
month after, a man calling himself James Crow, came to
York, and worked a few days for a precarious subsistence,
jn carrying goods as a porter. By this time he had been
seen by many, who accosted him as Thomas Geddely.—•
He declared he did not know them, that his name was
James Crow, and that he never was at York before. This
was held as merely a trick, to save himself from the con-
sequences of the robbery committed in the house of Mrs.
Williams, when he lived with her as a waiter,
- He was apprehended, his mistress sent for ; and, in the
midst pf many people, instantly singled him out, called
him by his name, (Thomas Geddely) and charged him
with his unfaithfulness and ingratitude in robbing her.
He was directly taken before a justice of the peace; but,
on his examination, absolutely affirmed that he was not
Thomas Geddely, that he knew no such person, that he
never was at York before, and that his name was James
Crow. Not, however, giving a good account of himself,
but rather admitting himself to be a petty rogue and vaga-
bond,,
up. The Prince paid, and went out abruptly. The Abbe
soon learned that this was the Prince Bathiani himself;
but was not satisfied, till following his carriage, he saw it
proceed towards the place De Espagne ; but this knowledge
he confessed, only made him regret, that he did not make
a better advantage of the opportunity which had escaped him,
A WONDERFUL INSTANCE OF SIMILARITY OF PERSON.
In the year 1727, Thomas Geddely lived as a waiter with
Mrs. Hannah Williams, who kept a public-house at York.
It being a house of much business, and the mistress very
assiduous therein, she was deemed in wealthy circumstances.
One morning her scrutoire was found broke open and rob-
bed, and Thomas Geddely' disappearing at the same time,
there was no doubt left as to the robber. About a twelve-
month after, a man calling himself James Crow, came to
York, and worked a few days for a precarious subsistence,
jn carrying goods as a porter. By this time he had been
seen by many, who accosted him as Thomas Geddely.—•
He declared he did not know them, that his name was
James Crow, and that he never was at York before. This
was held as merely a trick, to save himself from the con-
sequences of the robbery committed in the house of Mrs.
Williams, when he lived with her as a waiter,
- He was apprehended, his mistress sent for ; and, in the
midst pf many people, instantly singled him out, called
him by his name, (Thomas Geddely) and charged him
with his unfaithfulness and ingratitude in robbing her.
He was directly taken before a justice of the peace; but,
on his examination, absolutely affirmed that he was not
Thomas Geddely, that he knew no such person, that he
never was at York before, and that his name was James
Crow. Not, however, giving a good account of himself,
but rather admitting himself to be a petty rogue and vaga-
bond,,