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taken before me one of his Majestys
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for himself Saith that on Friday the
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17th. Instant he went to Bed about 10 o'Clock and himself
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fastened the outer Door of his House and about the Hour of End
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the same Night he was awaked by the Barking of a Bull
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Bitch which he keeps and came out into a Gallery and saw the
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said outer Door wide open and heard the flittering of Geese and
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heard a Person call the Bitch by her Name and suspecting that
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somebody was stealing his Geese he call'd out stop Thieves and he
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saw a Man came out of the House who very unconcerned asked
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this Informant what was the matter and this Informant saith you
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Thief you are stealing my Geese and said that he thought he knew one of them
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by his Voice to be the other Informant Arther Simms and this Informant
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saith that he heard a Snapping like the Cocking of a Pistol and he was
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then call'd Thief and told him to go in or he would short him and this
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other he saw two other Persons and that two of the Geese within his House
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divers times importuned this
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Fowles and they
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way and about One o'Clock came to the House of the
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and the said Haughton had a Pistol which he had
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and this Informant get over the Rails and opened
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the Outer Door and this Informant, Randal & Haughton went into the House &
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the Bull Bitch Barked he called the Bitch by her Name which same steel quieted
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her and Randal afterwards keept the Bitch quiet and this Informant caught
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two of the Geese and gave them to Haughton who killed them and saith
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his
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Master being alarm'd came out into the Gallery and this Informant heard ward,
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Pass between she said Haughten and his Master & she said Haughton threatened to
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Street him and upon his Masters crying out stop Thieves they left the
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two Geese just within the Door and went out into Holborn and about Ten Minutes
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they all returned back and this Informant went and formed the Geese and
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delivered one to Haughten & she other to Randal and the Geese were carryed
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to the House of one Mrs. Hall in
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Sworn before me the
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4th. of December 1769}
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