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JAMES DOOLEY <interp inst="t17760417-56-defend499" type="surname" value="DOOLEY"></interp>
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stealing a silver watch, value 4 l. a steel watch chain, value two shillings, a leather purse, value one shilling, a pair of linen pockets, value two-pence, three guineas, and five shillings in money numbered, the property of <rs type="persName" id="t17760417-56-victim501"> <interp inst="t17760417-56-victim501" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
Sarah Crofts <interp inst="t17760417-56-victim501" type="surname" value="Crofts"></interp>
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John Forster <interp inst="t17760417-56-person502" type="surname" value="Forster"></interp>
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<p>"In the evidence it appeared that the prosecutrix</p>
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<p>"she picked up; that she lost her pockets,</p>
<p>"containing the things mentioned in the indictment:</p>
<p>"that she at first charged a servant</p>
<p>"in the house with the fact; that afterwards</p>
<p>"the things were advertised and a</p>
<p>"reward offered; and they were brought to</p>
<p>"the prosecutrix by a man who said he found</p>
<p>"them; but that upon being taken before</p>
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" and that he directed him to say he</p>
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NOT GUILTY </rs>
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<p>Tried by the Second Middlesex Jury before Mr. COMMON SERJEANT.</p>
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