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This Informant saith that on the 11th. March last about 5 or 6 o Clock in the
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same Evening she this Informant was Stopt on the Highway on
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Husband being with her gave him a Twenty Seven Shilling piece in Gold, the
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Highwayman said this went do dont Riffle with me, upon which this
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being Willing to Convince him to the Contrary offered to get out of the Chaise
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This Informants answer was Indeed I am, therefore Consider my Condition
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