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was indicted for
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I am the wife of
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Great Turnstile
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I am a constable: as I was going by Mr. Johnson's I saw a great mob; I went to assist Mr. Johnson; the prisoner said, as he had only taken the watch off the hook and not out of the house, it was but a misdemeanor; and he could only be imprisoned six months.
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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I am innocent of the charge.
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Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr.
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[Branding. See summary.]
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[Imprisonment. See summary.]
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