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Matthew
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further Saith That on Wednesday the Sixteenth day of
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June Instant about Ten o'Clock at night she was in the
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and fastened up the same and left in the said
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Laundry a large Quantity of Linnen some wet and some
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dry And further Saith that about a Quarter of an hour
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Past six O'Clock the next morning she was called up by
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acquainted this Informant that the Laundry window was
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found the Laundry had been robbed of a large quantity
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of linnen and other things the property of her Master and
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the Iron Bar of the Window Taken out And furter Saith
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that One Linnen Sheet marked I3A and one Darnash
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Table Cloth marked I3A and a large quantity of Linnen
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her Master and is part of the property that
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on his Oath Saith that he is
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on Thursday Morning last about Eleven O'Clock in the
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at the distance of about Two Hundred yards from
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each other each of them having a Bundle in their
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Custody This Informant and the said
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suspected
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they were thieves, accordingly
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Moore pursued and called
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out Stop Thief and by that means they pursued
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