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Shirts
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with
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London he fell down that after he got up the person now present
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property are now produced and contain Twenty
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Nine Shirts.
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Hyem Simon
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other Informant
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pursuing him
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him the said
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Dray in a Brewhouse Yard That
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the Bag now
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Produced was lying near him
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the Aforesaid
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Hyem Simon
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hath deposed is true
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& That he this Informant took up the said Bag containing the
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Shirts now produced and gave the same into
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the care of the aforesaid
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Sworn before me the day and
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Year first above written}
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John Staples
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William
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Arthur
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mark
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p
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his
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lb
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>
Philip
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Myers
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inst
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=
"LMOBPS45028_n2950-1"
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<
lb
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</
lb
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mark
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p
>
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