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, and went with her into
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a Public House and had six pennyworth of
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and he agreed to have
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that he was conducted by the Prisoner up one Pair of Stairs into a
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Room, and he, this Informant tolled the Door says that
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Le put his Hand in his Left Hand Pocket, and felt his Purse
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wherein was a ten Pound Note and seventy nine as and three
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half Guineas in Gold Says that he buttoned his
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herself upon her side by him says that the Prisoner gave
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she then got off the Bed and went to the Window, the
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the Purse of Money says that the other Prisoner Hannah
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Burch who acted in Servant in the House, and took a
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Drunkenness, threw herself upon the Bed, and desired to
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but no Part of the Property found upon her says that he
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verily believes the Prisoner took the Purse Note and monies
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above mentioned, out of his Pocket.
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31st July 1786
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