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stealing a linen handkerchief, value 10 d. </rs>
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sworn.</p>
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, I felt something pull at my pocket, I turned round immediately and saw the prisoner with my handkerchief; he dropped it; I secured him and took up the handkerchief.</p>
<p>PRISONER's DEFENCE.</p>
<p>I did not throw down the handkerchief, it was another boy who run away.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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<p>Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.</p>
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<note>[Whipping. See summary.]</note>
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