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14th. day of
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Who upon their Oaths severally say and first the said
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last between the hours of Eleven and Twelve oClock in
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the day he went with a woman now in Custody who
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to a public House
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afterwards he went with her to a Apartment at the
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him as he was Sitting in a Chair and took out of his
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Right hand Coat Pocket Nine Cotton Handkerchiefs
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and went away and as she was going he Called to her
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and told her not to go away with his property She said
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She should be back again in a Minute That he
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waited there sometime but she did not come back
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taken into Custody That the Handkerchiefs now
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produced are his property and the same that were
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into Custody
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