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for themselves say that last Night about twelve o'Clock their
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Morning about six o'Clock they were alarmed with an Account of the House
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having been robbed and on examination they found that in the Night Time
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some Person or Persons had broke into the House through the back Area
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Window and had stolen a Number of things, and the said
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Stockings Table Cloths Caps and other things now produced are the things
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that were Stolen as aforesaid some of which are her property some others
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the property of her Servant Eleanor Glegg and others the property of her
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Aunt. Jane
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for themselves say
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that this Morning about 3 o'Clock being on their
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, that they apprehended the said
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was in Custody he acknowledged that the
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two Persons who were in his
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found a Silver Spoon now produced,
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further says that the said Silver Spoon
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