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S§2 A FULL AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF
have served me so. Q. Did you ever see the other man
after that night ?—Vertue Hall. No, I never did. Q.
Who lodged in the house at the time besides ?—Vertue
Hall. There was Fortunatus did. Q. Did Mary Squires
continue in the house long after this ?—Vertue Hall. She
did, till we were all taken up, which was, I think, on the
Thursday after the young woman was gone. Q. What
was you in that house ?—Vertue Hall. I went there as a
lodger, but I was forced to do as they would have me.
Q. From Mary Squires. What day was it that the
young woman was robbed i-r-Court. She says in the morn-
ing of the second of January. M. Squires. I return
thanks for telling ine, for I am as innocent as the child
unborn.
Q. From Wells. How long were these people (mean-
ing the gipsies) at my house in all, from first to last ?—
Vertue Hall. They were there six or seven weeks in all;
they had been thereabout a fortnight before the young
woman was brought in. Q. Did you ever see this cap or
bed-gown before?—Vertue Hall. Not to my knowledge.
Thomas Colley. I am Elizabeth Canning’s uncle; I
live at Saltpetre Bank : on the New Year’s day she dined
and supped at my house, and went away about nine in
the evening, as near as I can guess ; I and my wife went
along with her to Houndsditch, almost to the Blue Ball,
there we parted with her, about a quarter or very near
half an hour after nine o’clock. Q. How was she cloath-
«d ?—Colley. She had a gown, hat, and white apron on.
Elizabeth Canning. E. Canning, that has given her
evidence, is my daughter; after she was missing from
New Year’s day, I advertised her three times ; she came
back on the day before King Charles’s martyrdom, about
a quarter after ten o’clock at night; she had nothing but
this ragged bed-gown and a cap, I fell into a fit directly ;
my
have served me so. Q. Did you ever see the other man
after that night ?—Vertue Hall. No, I never did. Q.
Who lodged in the house at the time besides ?—Vertue
Hall. There was Fortunatus did. Q. Did Mary Squires
continue in the house long after this ?—Vertue Hall. She
did, till we were all taken up, which was, I think, on the
Thursday after the young woman was gone. Q. What
was you in that house ?—Vertue Hall. I went there as a
lodger, but I was forced to do as they would have me.
Q. From Mary Squires. What day was it that the
young woman was robbed i-r-Court. She says in the morn-
ing of the second of January. M. Squires. I return
thanks for telling ine, for I am as innocent as the child
unborn.
Q. From Wells. How long were these people (mean-
ing the gipsies) at my house in all, from first to last ?—
Vertue Hall. They were there six or seven weeks in all;
they had been thereabout a fortnight before the young
woman was brought in. Q. Did you ever see this cap or
bed-gown before?—Vertue Hall. Not to my knowledge.
Thomas Colley. I am Elizabeth Canning’s uncle; I
live at Saltpetre Bank : on the New Year’s day she dined
and supped at my house, and went away about nine in
the evening, as near as I can guess ; I and my wife went
along with her to Houndsditch, almost to the Blue Ball,
there we parted with her, about a quarter or very near
half an hour after nine o’clock. Q. How was she cloath-
«d ?—Colley. She had a gown, hat, and white apron on.
Elizabeth Canning. E. Canning, that has given her
evidence, is my daughter; after she was missing from
New Year’s day, I advertised her three times ; she came
back on the day before King Charles’s martyrdom, about
a quarter after ten o’clock at night; she had nothing but
this ragged bed-gown and a cap, I fell into a fit directly ;
my