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was indicted for
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stealing a cloth great coat, value 3 s.
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the property of
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On the 21st of April I delivered my coat to my porter, and it was put into a cart, out of which it was lost.
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I received Mr. Taylor's coat from his porter; it was put into my cart in an inn yard by the porter; I was present when he put it in; as I was sitting in the window, I saw the prisoner go out of the yard with something under his frock; I followed him; I laid hold of him, and asked him what he had got under his frock; and I took Mr. Taylor's coat from him, upon which he went down on his knees, and begged for mercy; Taylor said his name was in the inside of it, which we found to be fact.
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[The coat was produced in Court, and deposed to by the prosecutor.]
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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I came to London as a
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Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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