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house but Soon returned and brought with him a Bottle of
Rum and asked to drink with him which this Examinant did
Several times, and when this Examin^r was disguised with the
Liquor the said Williams proposed again to this Examinant
that he should go along with him to his the said Williams' s
house, that this Examinant accordingly did go home with him
the said Williams, where he found no Body but John Jones a
Mulatto man who is now in Goal, and the said Jeremiah
Williams Wife, that after this Examin^r had Stayed there two
or three hours and drank more Rum this Examinant came
away from the said house in Company with the said Williams
& Jones that after they had got about half a Mile from the
said Williams's house, that said Williams Informed this Ex-
aminant that there was a large Parcell of Goods in the
Ware house at Howards Point that might be easily come
at which belonged to one M^r Hall of Prince Georges County
& Proposed to this Examinant that he this Examinant and
the af^d John Jones should go along with him and take
them, whereupon they accordingly went to the said Ware-
house, and the said John Jones walked Round the said House
& in a short time called to this Examinant and told him
that the way was clear; that this Examinant went in at a hole
that was made by taking away a large Block from the Gable

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End of the said house which was under the door which
Jeremiah Williams Informed this Examinant was taken away
by John Jones, that immediately after this Examinant had
Entered the Warehouse and before Jeremiah Williams or John
Jones could follow a man that was in the Warehouse Spoke
and asked who was there which caused this Examinant
immediately to make the best of his way out of the said house
and after this Examinant had Informed the said Jones and
Williams that there was a man in the house they went away
together without taking anything out of the said house and as
they were on their return home they put into an old house on
the Plantation of William Hunt Esq^r for Shelter from the Rain,
that they had been there but a Short time before the af^d John
Jones he Smelt Something and said to Jeremia Williams Come
Master Since we mist of one thing we will have another and
accordingly went into another old house on the Same Planta-
tion where there was Some Sheep and the said John Jones
catched two of the said Sheep which they took away with an
Intent to carry them to the said Jeremiah Williams house but
it Raining very hard they carried the said Sheep into this
Examinants Fathers Kitchen and there killed them (this
Examinants Father and Mother not being at home) that after
they had eat some of the Mutton the said Jeremiah Williams
and John Jones carried the rest away with them (except part

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