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stealing, on the <rs id="t18180401-69-cd396" type="crimeDate">13th of March</rs>
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, 39 yards of sail-cloth, value 30s. </rs>
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George Taylor <interp inst="t18180401-69-victim526" type="surname" value="Taylor"></interp>
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. I am a <rs id="t18180401-69-viclabel397" type="occupation">sailcloth-factor</rs>
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. On the 13th of March, about eleven o'clock in the morning, I lost the cloth.</p>
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. I am Mr. Taylor's porter. On the 13th of March, I saw the prisoner come into the warehouse, lift the cloth on his shoulder, and walk out with it. I followed him about thirty yards, and secured him with it.</p>
<p>(Property produced and sworn to.)</p>
<p>Prisoner's Defence. A gentleman came out, and gave it to me to carry.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
. Aged 18.</p>
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Transported for Seven Years </rs>
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<p>London Jury, before Mr. Recorder.</p>
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