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one of his MAJESTY'S
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Who Confesseth that he this Examinant did break and enter
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the Dwelling house of the said
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on Tuesday night the eighteenth of this
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Instant March and steal therein two pounds weight of Mace,
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a Box with Weight and Seales, a Coat, 3 Silver Salt Spoons,
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a silver Bottle Lable, a Silver gravy Spoon a Silver Wine Strainer and a Metal Spoon
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That the Mace this Examinant offered to Mr. Thos. Wright of Oxford
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Street who stopped the same as well as this Examinant. That the
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down the Necessary house of the
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and the remaining Plate this Examinants
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sold to
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That he sold the Coat to a
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for
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£0..7..0 and the metal Spoon he threw away in
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And this Examinant further says that no person whatsoever was concerned
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with him in committing the said Burglary. That he entered the said Dwelling
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house at about half an hour past eight o'Clock concealed
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himself in the Cellar until the Family were in Bed and
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Taken before me the Day
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and Year above written,}
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Willm. Rutley Pratt
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