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at the Sessions of Oyer and Tennuer and Delivery holden at
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foot where this Informants Horses were feeding and that the
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man or Horseback had a Halter in his Hand and the other
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a Bride and being amongst this Informants Horses He had reason
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to suspect them of having an Intention to steal some of them,
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and accordingly apprehended the said two men, and seized the
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Horse on which One of the men was riding, and caused the Horse
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to be advertized, upon which One Mr. Lacey came down
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from London and claimed the said Horse and made Information
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before the Rev Mr Gould a Justices of the Peace for this County that
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the said Horse was his Property and that he was stolen from a
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