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The King<lb></lb>
agst.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50787_n1156-1">Richard Fitzgerald</rs>
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for Felony</p>
<p n="1157"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50787_n1157-1">Samuel Hartley</rs>
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of Bedford Square in the<lb></lb>
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maketh Oath<lb></lb>
that in or about the Month of April last he<lb></lb>
lost<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
a Handkerchief in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50787_geo1162">Russell Street</rs>
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<del>Covent<lb></lb>
Garden</del>
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and the abovenamed Defendant<lb></lb>
being apprehended and committed for stealing the<lb></lb>
same he this Deponent was bound in a Recognizance<lb></lb>
to appear at the ensuing Session for this County to<lb></lb>
Prosecute the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50787_n1157-2">Richard Fitzgerald</rs>
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for the<lb></lb>
same And this Deponent saith that the Handkerchief<lb></lb>
which was so taken from this Deponent having<lb></lb>
been inadvertantly laid amongst others of the same<lb></lb>
kind and pattern before the said Sepion was<lb></lb>
holden he this Deponent could not swear positively<lb></lb>
to the Identity thereof and therefore thought it<lb></lb>
unnecessary to attempt to find any Indictment<lb></lb>
against the said Defendant And this Deponent<lb></lb>
saith that he did not forbear to Prosecute the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50787_n1157-3">Richard Fitzgerald</rs>
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through any favour or affection<lb></lb>
whatsoever but purely because he did not think<lb></lb>
his Evidence sufficient to find such Indictment</p>
<p n="1158">Sworn at the General Quarter<lb></lb>
Session of the Peace holden in an<lb></lb>
for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50787_geo1164">County of Middlesex</rs>
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on<lb></lb>
Friday the 22d. Day of October<lb></lb>
1784 at the Session House for the<lb></lb>
said County.}<lb></lb>
Hall</p>
<p n="1159">S. Hartley</p>
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