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that on Friday the 25th. of March last
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he was directed to search the House where the
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the said Richard &
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that in searching of the same he found in a Bed
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Chamber the Skin of a Sheep now produced spread
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upon the Floor and upon further Inspection found
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in pans different Joints of Mertt or newly Salled
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and in other places in the said House this Informt
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found the intrails
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& pluck & likewise a
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Sheep Fatt from the appearence
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of the several Articles abovementd this Informt
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believes that a Sheep had been very lately
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Skinned & Cut up in the said House And this
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Informant further saith that having heard the
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other Informamt
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John Meggott
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had lost a
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Sheep out of his Grounds this Informant together
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with the other Informant
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Thos. Clark
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have
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Compared the Skin now produced & finds the
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Marks thereon to begnite the same with the
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Marks upon the three live Sheep now remaining
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in the said Mr Meggotts field.
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Severally Sworn before
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1774
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Gerrard Howard
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Geo: Reid
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his
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Thos
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Clark
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Mark
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Wm.. Newman
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