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Majesty's
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in and of his
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said County on Suspicion of having stolen a
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great Coat the Property of
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5th. day of
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December 1775
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This Examinant Saith that he is one of the Patroling
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Watchmen in the
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John Broughton
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down Holborn together at the
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he had there he dropped the Bundle and ran off but
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which way he took this Examinant cannot tell, that
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this Examinant picked up the Said Bundle which proved to
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be a great Coat tied up in an Apron, that he did not Shew
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or any other person
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that Night
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Taken before me
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Decemr. 5. 1775}
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