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The Examination of
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one of
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his Majesty's
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in and
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for the said County on Suspicion of having
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5th.
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December 1745
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This Examinant saith that he is one of the Patroling Watchmen in
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an Oil Shop in
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met a Man with a Bundle which
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proved to be that Coat in Question, and upon attempting to Stop the
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said Man he threw down the Coat and ran away; and the Said
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picked it up it being then tied in an Apron
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but at what hour this happened he cannot tell
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Taken before me
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Decemr. 5. 1775}
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W Addington
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