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taken on Oath the
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23d day of March 1784 before me one of his Majesty's
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Thomas Racey
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Saith That on Wednesday the
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seventeenth day of March Instant about a Quarter past Eight
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o'Clock at night three Woemen came into his shop in
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some Ribbands, and Whilst this Informant was taking down some
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Ribbands to shew her, One of the Three Women whose name is
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which is the Prisoner now under Examination
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of Printed Cotton from off his Counter And further that a Piece
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of Printed Cotton now produced by
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a peace
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Officer is his property and the same which was stolen from
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off his Counter as before mentioned.
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William Harwood
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Saith That on Wednesday
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the seventeenth day of March Instant a little after Eight o'Clock
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at night he was standing at the Corner of
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he heard some body fall down and
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looking round to see who it was he saw
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the Prisoner now under Examination pretending to lift up
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Elizabeth Vickry
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who was then on the Ground but instead
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of lifting her of the Ground he took from under her Cloaths
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a piece of Printed Cotton now produced by
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Benjamin Ward
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a Peace Officer and that the said
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immediately ran away with the same and left
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on the Ground upon which this Informant and
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one
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Joseph Coleman
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and on Marshall name being called he the said
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Marshall
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immediately threw down the piece of Cotton now produced
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by the said
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took up the same and delivered it
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, this
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Informant and the said
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and this Informant then went back
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and took the
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said
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into Custody
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and Conveyed the said Vickry and the piece of Cotton into
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the said Thomas Raceys Shop and delivered the Said Vickry
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and the piece of Cotton into the hands of
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Elizabeth Burgess
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Saith That on Wednesday
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the seventeenth day of March Instant a little after Eight
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