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MARY SQUIRES, A GIPSY ; AND ELIZ. CANNING. 371
past, about four of the clock in the morning, a young
woman, whose name she since heard is Elizabeth Canning,
was brought (without any gown, hat or apron on,) to the
house of one Susannah Wells, of Enfield Wash, widow,
by two men, the name of one of whom is John Squires,
the reputed son of one Mary Squires, an old gipsy woman,
Avho then, and some little time before, had lodged at the
house of the said Susannah Wells, but the name of the
other of the said two men, she knows not, never having
seen him before or since to the best of her knowledge.—
When Elizabeth Canning was brought into the kitchen of
the said Wells’s house, there were present the said Mary
Squires, John Squires, the man unknown, Katharine
Squires, the reputed daughter of the said Mary Squires,
and herself, and she cloes not recollect that any one else
was in the said kitchen at that time.—That immediately
upon Elizabeth Canning being brought in, John Squires
said, “ Here, Mother, take this girlwords to that
effect: and Mary Squires asked him where they had brought
her from ; John said from Moorfields, and told his said
mother that they had taken her gown, apron, hat, and half
a guinea from her.—Whereupon Mary Squires took hold
of Elizabeth Canning’s hand, and asked her if she would
go their way, or words to that effect ; and upon her answer-
ing qo, Mary Squires took a knife out of the drawer of*
the dresser in the kitchen, and cut the lace of Elizabeth
Canning’s stays, took them from her, and hung them on
the back of a chair, and the said man unknown, took the.
cap off Canning’s head, and then with John Squires, went
out of doors with it.—Quickly after they were gone, Mary
Squires pushed Elizabeth Canning along the. kitchen, to-
wards and up a pair of a stairs leading into a large back-
room, like a hayloft, called the workshop, where there,
was some hay ; a,nd whilst she was so pushing her towards
fhe stairs, Susannah Wells came into the kitchen, and
askec^
past, about four of the clock in the morning, a young
woman, whose name she since heard is Elizabeth Canning,
was brought (without any gown, hat or apron on,) to the
house of one Susannah Wells, of Enfield Wash, widow,
by two men, the name of one of whom is John Squires,
the reputed son of one Mary Squires, an old gipsy woman,
Avho then, and some little time before, had lodged at the
house of the said Susannah Wells, but the name of the
other of the said two men, she knows not, never having
seen him before or since to the best of her knowledge.—
When Elizabeth Canning was brought into the kitchen of
the said Wells’s house, there were present the said Mary
Squires, John Squires, the man unknown, Katharine
Squires, the reputed daughter of the said Mary Squires,
and herself, and she cloes not recollect that any one else
was in the said kitchen at that time.—That immediately
upon Elizabeth Canning being brought in, John Squires
said, “ Here, Mother, take this girlwords to that
effect: and Mary Squires asked him where they had brought
her from ; John said from Moorfields, and told his said
mother that they had taken her gown, apron, hat, and half
a guinea from her.—Whereupon Mary Squires took hold
of Elizabeth Canning’s hand, and asked her if she would
go their way, or words to that effect ; and upon her answer-
ing qo, Mary Squires took a knife out of the drawer of*
the dresser in the kitchen, and cut the lace of Elizabeth
Canning’s stays, took them from her, and hung them on
the back of a chair, and the said man unknown, took the.
cap off Canning’s head, and then with John Squires, went
out of doors with it.—Quickly after they were gone, Mary
Squires pushed Elizabeth Canning along the. kitchen, to-
wards and up a pair of a stairs leading into a large back-
room, like a hayloft, called the workshop, where there,
was some hay ; a,nd whilst she was so pushing her towards
fhe stairs, Susannah Wells came into the kitchen, and
askec^