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she immediately missed Some of Said Linen and called out
"Stop Thief"That she is very sure thatthe Alexander
Wilson
< no role > now present is the person who stood upon the said
Paling and that John Ellison< no role > now present is the person
is the Manin the light coloured Coat who so stooped under
the said Hedge and afterwards ran away in Company with said
WilsonThat she then went round the corner of a field
adjoining said Garden where she sawJohnthe saidEllis Alexander
Wilson
< no role > and William Rayner< no role > now present running from
her on her calling out "Stop Thief" as aforesaidThat
she immediately missed seven Shirts and a Childs frock
from off said HedgeAnd further saith that [..]
that she is very sure that the Six Shirts now produced and
one Childs frock are her said Masters property and that
she doth verily believe that the other Shirt also now producedare sheis his
property and were stolen from off said HedgeThe
said Ann Howard< no role > says that a little after one o'Clock this day she
heard said Margaret Shepherd< no role > call out "Stop Thief" and
immediately afterwards saw said Wilson and Rayner
run away from said GardenThat she saw said Wilson in running
away drop one of the said Shirts now produced into a Hollow
Tree which she soon after picked upAnd further saith
that after said Wilson and Rayner were taken she saw
said Ellison and Dead running away [..]
[..] The said Henry Bruced saith that at
this time he was coming along the Kensington Grasel
Pitt Road and heard the Cry of "Stop Thief"That he pursued
four Men then running across [..] a Field and apprehended




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