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. I had 2 guineas and an 18 s. piece, in a snuff-box, in a drawer under my trunk in a room at my master's where I lie. The prisoner worked in the same room. I missed the money mention'd, July 27.
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Q. When had you seen it last?
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Mullings. I can't be certain as to that. I suspected the prisoner. I took him up, he confessed he took it that same night to me and others; and said he spent the 18 s piece, but throwed the 2 guineas in the box into a pond at Islington, saying his conscience pricked him.
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. I am fellow-servant with the prosecutor. He confirm'd that of the confession.
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Prisoner's Defence.
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What they have said is false.
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[Transportation. See summary.]
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