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was indicted for
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stealing two linen shirts, value 5 s. two muslin neckcloths, value 2 s. and a linen-sheet, value 2 s.
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the property of
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December 25th
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'The things mentioned in the indictment
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'were stolen out of the house of the prosecutor
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'house by a girl who was gathering in alehouse
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'pots; she said, she believed the prisoner
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'to be one of those men; but it appeared
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Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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