On the 8th. of August, kept a haberdasher’s shop, in Bath-Street, Bath, had an apprentice, named Sarah Raines, a shopwoman, named Leeson, and a journeyman, named Charles Filby, he had liv’d with her about 6 months, at 50 guineas a year; shop, fronts Bath-Street, and as you enter the shop from Bath-Street, on the right hand there is a counter, beyond the counter and at a little distance from it is a desk; on the left hand there is another counter, towards the further part of which, from the door, is a brass railing, upon which goods are sometimes hung; from the entrance to the brass railing, there is about 2 yards and half of counter, and about the same length of railing, at the bottom of the left hand counter is a door, which goes down stairs. On the 8th. of August, Mrs. L. P. came to the shop, between one and two, ask’d to look at the black lace which she had seen the day before, and if the lace expected from town had arrived? Witness said no, shewed her the black lace, which she took down on the counter, at the further end of the brass railing; on the brass railing, veils, shawls and handkerchiefs were exhibited, with which it nearly covered, so that they intercepted the view; at the time witness brought the black lace to Mrs. Leigh Perrott, she was standing at the further end or bottom of the counter, on the outside, and witness on the inside, Mrs. P. fixed on some of the black lace, at that time Filby was at the top, or upper end of the counter, on the left hand side, measuring _white_ Lace, they were then taking stock; when Mrs. P. had fixed on the black lace, witness called Filby to measure what was sold her, which he came down the counter to do, he then stood at the bottom of the counter, and in the inside, witness went to the desk, leaving Filby measuring the lace; afterwards she ordered Sarah Raines to clear away the box from counter, which she did, witness sat down at the desk, her face to the counter she had just left, she could see to the end of the shop, and whilst sitting there Filby came for change of a five pound note, given by Mrs. P. in payment of one pound nineteen, for the lace, gave him the change, which he took back to Mrs. P. Witness then went down to dinner, could not say at the time she was going down, where Mrs. P. was, only knows she was gone from the bottom of the counter; little business at that time of the year is done in Bath; no goods were on the right hand counter, nor on the left hand counter, but the veils, &c. on the railing, the box at which Filby had been employed at the upper end, and the box of black lace, taken down for Mrs. P. Sarah Raines at this time was down by the desk, and Miss Leeson was in the shop; Filby shortly afterwards came down stairs, then witness in about ten minutes went back to the shop, saw Mrs. P. pass by the shop in about a quarter of an hour.