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7th day of February 1785
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Who being on their Oaths say And first the said
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for himself saith That on Thursday the Twenty third day of
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December last in the afternoon the person now present who says
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in the said County where his Wife
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Children That he gave them Lodging and Board until
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Wednesday the twenty Ninth day of December then next
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leaving the said
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in Charge of his House and to take Care of a Child of his said Daughter about
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two Years and on half Old by a former Husband
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Daughter returned home about five o'Clock in the
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Elizabeth
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the room in his
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said House where he Keeps he found the drawers of a Chest in the said
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Room broke open and from thence
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were taken Nine
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Crown peices out of a Tin Snuff Box, one half Guinea
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Which were in the said Chest when he this
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Informant left his House that Morning to go
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to Johnston as aforesaid that a pair of Old worsted
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