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rushed against her, one of whom Matched from under her
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Arm a Quantity of Gauze and Ribbon now produced, the
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now present; and further says she
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doth verily believe that a person now present who calls himself
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, is one of the persons concerned in rewhing against
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and robbing her as aforesaidAnd the said
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drop the said Gauze and Ribbon in
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running away he pursued
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where he apprehended him
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Sworn before me this
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1st. day of May 1784}
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