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MAB.Y SQUIRES, A GIPSY; ANU ELIZ. CANNING. 581
chair in the kitchen, and pushed her up into the room,
and said, D—n you, go up there then, if you please;
then the man that came in with the gypsy’s son, took
the cap off Elizabeth Canning’s head, and went out of
doors with it; the gypsy man John Squires, took the
stays off the chair, and went out with them.—Q. Where
was’ E. Canning, when the two men took away the
things ?—Vertue Hall. She was then up in the room.—
Q. Had you ever been in that room ?—Vertue Hall. I
had, before she was brought there, several times. Q,
What was the name they called it by?—Vertue Hall.
They called it by the name of the work-shop ; there was
a great deal of hay in it; they only put lumber in it;
there was a great many pieces of wood, a tobacco mould,
and this black jug : About three hours after the young
woman was put up, Mary Squires filled the jug with
water, and carried it up. Q. How do you know it- was
three hours after?—-Vertue Hall. Then it began to be
lightish. Q. Did you hear any talk between them after
she was in the room?—Vertue Hall. They took care I
should know but little. Q. Has Susannah Wells a hus-
band ?—Vertue Hall. No, she has not; when I went out
of the kitchen, I went into the parlour; Wells said,
Vertue Hall, the gipsy man came in and told me that his
mother had cut the stays off the young woman’s back,
and he had got them ; and she bid me not say any thing
to make a clack of it, fearing it should be known. Q.
How long was you in that house ?—Vertue Hall. I was
there a quarter of a year in all, if not more ; I was there
the whole time E. Canning was there, but I never saw
her once after she was put up into that room; I was the
first that missed her; I asked the gipsy woman once,
whether the girl was gone; she answered, What is that
to you, you have no business with it; but I durst not go
to see if she was gone ; if I had, very likely they would
d d d have
chair in the kitchen, and pushed her up into the room,
and said, D—n you, go up there then, if you please;
then the man that came in with the gypsy’s son, took
the cap off Elizabeth Canning’s head, and went out of
doors with it; the gypsy man John Squires, took the
stays off the chair, and went out with them.—Q. Where
was’ E. Canning, when the two men took away the
things ?—Vertue Hall. She was then up in the room.—
Q. Had you ever been in that room ?—Vertue Hall. I
had, before she was brought there, several times. Q,
What was the name they called it by?—Vertue Hall.
They called it by the name of the work-shop ; there was
a great deal of hay in it; they only put lumber in it;
there was a great many pieces of wood, a tobacco mould,
and this black jug : About three hours after the young
woman was put up, Mary Squires filled the jug with
water, and carried it up. Q. How do you know it- was
three hours after?—-Vertue Hall. Then it began to be
lightish. Q. Did you hear any talk between them after
she was in the room?—Vertue Hall. They took care I
should know but little. Q. Has Susannah Wells a hus-
band ?—Vertue Hall. No, she has not; when I went out
of the kitchen, I went into the parlour; Wells said,
Vertue Hall, the gipsy man came in and told me that his
mother had cut the stays off the young woman’s back,
and he had got them ; and she bid me not say any thing
to make a clack of it, fearing it should be known. Q.
How long was you in that house ?—Vertue Hall. I was
there a quarter of a year in all, if not more ; I was there
the whole time E. Canning was there, but I never saw
her once after she was put up into that room; I was the
first that missed her; I asked the gipsy woman once,
whether the girl was gone; she answered, What is that
to you, you have no business with it; but I durst not go
to see if she was gone ; if I had, very likely they would
d d d have