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me this
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4th day of May 1765
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Who being upon Oath severally say and first the said
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James
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for himself saith that some time about October last a
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Person now present who calls himself
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was
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employed by him this Informant as a Porter, and that he
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delivered to said Porter two Hampers Pack up which contained
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about Eighteen dozen of China Plates to keep at his own Room
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til he this Informant sent for them, but says that about two
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Months afterwards he found that said
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had
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opened said Hampers and feloniously taken thereout and carried
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away the said China
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and Sold the same to different
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Persons and the said
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Mary Harrison
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for herself saith
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at different times about six dozen or more of said
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China Plates and that he used to toll her that he had them
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from on Board Ship
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her
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Mary
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Sparks
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Mark
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Sworn before me the
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day and Year first
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above written}
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