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The Voluntary Examination and Confession
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Henry
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. one of his Majestys
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Justices
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this
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13th. day of February
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1753.
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This Examinant Confesseth and Sayth that above a Month
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ago he together with
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John Wingrove
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and
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William Bartlet
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did
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take and Carry away between three and four
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Hundred Weight of Lead from
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Tottenham Church
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which was Affixed on the Top of the Vestery, and Says that
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they afterwards took two Horses out of a Field near the
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aforesaid Church, upon which said Houses, they Carryed
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the Lead to one
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James Robinson
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who Deals in Old Iron
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in
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, and this Examinant
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further Says, that about three weeks ago he together
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with the aforesaid two Men did break open a Stable
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about Eleven o Clock at Night belonging to one
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Samuel
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in the
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and take from
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thence, two Sacks, and one Sadle, and afterwards went
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to
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, and took away about four Hundred
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and a half weight of Lead, Affixed on the Top of the
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Vestery, and put it into the aforesaid Sacks, and
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threw it upon the Back's of two Horses, which they had
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taken out of a Field for that purpose, Says that
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they afterwards brought it to London and Sold it to
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the aforesaid
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James Robinson
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, and this Examinant
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