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with some Goods to
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, and on his
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day of Decr. Inst. he saw the
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coming out of his
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thief, and
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which is a
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great distance from the house where the Offence was Committed And
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he had him Safely Secured and conveyed
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before a MagistrateAnd further Saith the aforesaid mentioned
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prisoner is the Identical Person who came out of the said Shop
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Taken and Sworn before me
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this 13th. day of Decr.
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Andrew Aitten
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Saturday the 13th. day of Decr. Inst. he was Passing along
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and heard the cry of stop thief. and saw the
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fall down in the said Square, and when he got up Saw him
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in the Infrom
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the above named deponent, came up to this Informant
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and told him a Man answering the description of the prisoner
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had stole a piece of Check upon which he this deponent
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Immediatly ran after him and over took him has he was running
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, and Secured him.
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John Hay
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Taken and Sworn before me
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this
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13th. day of Dec 1788
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Geo: Reid.
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