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stealing one piece of stuff damask, val. 40 s. </rs>
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; I had been out, coming home about one o'clock in the day, I saw the prisoner at the bar walking about my door, looking hard into my shop; as I came near, I saw him go in; he took one piece of Saxon green damask, he put it into his apron, and ran away with it; I ran round a cart and took hold on him, I brought him back to my shop, with the goods upon him.</p>
<p>Another witness depos'd he saw Mr. Shephard take the piece of stuff out of the prisoner's Apron.</p>
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Guilty 4 s. 10 d. </rs>
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<note>[Transportation. See summary.]</note>
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