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was indicted for
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, a bolster case, value 3 s. a cotton waistcoat, value 1 s. a cloak, value 2 s. a table-cloth, value 6 d. an apron, value 6 d.
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I am a poor
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I was in bed; I saw the things the night before; I pulled them off myself; when I got up, I missed them; I went to all the pawnbrokers, and in one, I saw them lay; then I took my oath to them; the pawnbroker's name is Southey.
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- SOUTHEY sworn.
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I am servant to the pawnbroker; I produce the things pawned by the prisoner.
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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A man gave them to me to pawn; his name is
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, in Brick-lane; I told the officer so.
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Transported for seven years
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Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice HEATH.
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