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The Eamination & Voluntary
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one
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of his Majesties
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Who saith yt: about a Mouth agoe
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Thos. Radborn
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Ambrose
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Dan Pugh
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& One
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Jack Well
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& himself went a thieving
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together their first Robery was 17 Small loaves from
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a Baker in
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ye. next was Seven pair
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Old shoes mended from a old shoe shop near
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Dog
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, & sold some of them to a Woman that
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sold Sausages in
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her Name King, The Next
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was a piece of a Beef & a Chopper from a Butcher
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shop in
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WChapple
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. wch. were taken from
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them in ye have in
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, the Nex Theft was a
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basket of Figs from a Grocer's in
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over
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against ye
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blue Anchor
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, some of which they Eat the
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Rest they told him they sold for six pence, The next
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was five New Shoes from ye Hooks of a Shoe makers
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shop in
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WChaple
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near ye Pump abt a fortnight agoe
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The next was four Hands of Pork wch. Radborn
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told us if he look but knows not where. The
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next was an Old
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at wch. they all together took two
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days ago from a Hatters below
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Union Stairs
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which is now in ye House, about a Week agoe
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they look three Cheeses from Mr. Smith in
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near ye Court. which
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they
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they gave to One Brown to Sell who sold this one Mr Smith
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in Raperts Stree
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for Eleven Shillings, that he
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had but one Shilling given him for his Share
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Two Night agoe they stole 13 Yards of hooping
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Cloth &
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Mr Burten that they sold seven ye of it to ye sd Mr Smith
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who by
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sd Mr Browes lives in
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Rupert Street
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, for Six Shillings the
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Rest
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Ann Brown
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told them she pawnd for two
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Shillings, & ye a shirts they divided among them
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one of which he has
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on now. Mr. Burton been
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present swore to ye. Shirt it being Mark'd, that they
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took 4 handkerchief from a house near
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Mast Yard
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wch are now in ye houce. & one Cheese from a Cheese
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mongers in
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smock Alley
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a Tub of Butter from another
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Cheesmongers
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in
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Spittle fields
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& last night they stole
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to Cheshire cheeses from a house in
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Wapping
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but ye Othr
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boys sold them & he has recd nothing of it, That 2 night
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agoe they stole a loyn of Pork & some Sausages from Mr
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Warren by
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Bell Dock
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wch. they
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Sworn before me Eat
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Janry ye 11 1753
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Richd: Ricard
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Samuel
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Hamilton
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