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other; the third door was at the entrance into the parlour, and was fastened by a lock and three bars similar to those in the middle door, they led to no other place but the parlour; when they got into the parlour, they saw a small trap door cut through the cieling about the middle of the room, there were no other means to get into the chamber but by a moveable ladder, just long enough to get up by, the trap door was of double-inch oak, not new, with very strong hinges, it was a flat door and lifted up; in the chamber there were cross iron bars with two staples and hasps, so that the ends of the bars were put into the staples, and then the other two ends were let upon the hasps or holdfasts and fastened down, the bars when down formed a × over the door, they moved on a pivot where they were fastened together, that is in the middle. A similar trap door and ladder communicated with the garret from the chamber; there were two ladders there at the time of search, the trap door was small, just large enough to admit a man, a larger man than witness might get through, but it would be very tight for him; the trap door in the garret floor had two oak bars, moderately strong, to fasten it down, they were sufficiently strong to make the door secure. On witness's going into the parlour, the prisoner (Booth), James Yates, and Elizabeth Chidlow, were there; the prisoner had a dirty flannel jacket on, his hands were very dirty, and appeared to be besmeared with printing ink; witness secured prisoner in the parlour by handcuffs, and then went up the chamber through the trap door; as he was about to ascend into the chamber, he saw Chillingworth and Chirm come down from the garret through the other trap door into the chamber; he has a list of the things found in that chamber, it was made at the time of search, and is in his own hand writing, it is a list of every thing found in the house; those in the chamber were—
- A pair of rollers, with four boards and the bench on which the rollers stood, with some pieces of woollen cloth smeared with printing ink.
- Some printing ink, ready prepared for use, in a small jar.
- A woollen boss besmeared with printing ink, he thinks of the sort used for putting ink on the plate, the ink was moist and fit for use.
- A quantity of copper plates.
