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: on Tuesday the 16th of this month the prisoner came into the shop, between two and three o'clock, and asked for some lace; I did not serve her; another person shewed her some lace in a box; while I was serving a lady in the shop she said the prisoner had took a card of lace; upon which I rung for Mr. Norton, who was up stairs; before he came down the prisoner took a piece of lace from under her cloak and delivered it to me, and said there is your lace, I only did it out of a frolick; but denied having any more; Mr. Norton came down; he desired his sister to search if there was any more about her; she denied there was; I was present when Miss Norton searched; there was a card of lace concealed between her stays and bosom; this is the same piece of lace (producing it); it came out of the box of lace that was shewn to the prisoner.
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. My brother called me down stairs and desired me to strip the prisoner; which I did: the lace was found between her stays and body. The prisoner said she took this piece too only out of a frolick.
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Prisoner's Defence.
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I never had but one piece of lace, which I took up to look at; it fell upon the ground. My witnesses are not come to my character.
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