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maketh Oath and saith that in or about the
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Month of January last part he discovered some
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Person or Persons in the Evening Stealing Coals
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from the Craft moved off Essex wharf and
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thereupon this Deponent gave Information
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thereof and with other Person pursued and
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took one
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who was carried
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to the Watchhouse that Evening and the next
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morning before a Magistrate at Litchfield
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street where this Deponent Entered into a
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Felony
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at the then next Session
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And this
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Deponent further saith that from the nature
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of this Employ he is frequently and almost
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Constantly engaged from home and not having
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Received in initing any Account when he
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