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of a Trap Door they all got up and went into the shop of
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the said Thomas Williams and after staying there some time
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examining the goods therein they put into a Bag Handkerchiefs
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several pieces of Silk about twenty eight scarlet Cloth Cloaks
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several pieces of Lace and five or Six pieces of Linen, and whom
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He this Informant went and in Locked
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