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taken before me this 7th. day of May 1784.
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Who being upon Oath say, and first the said
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a person now present
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three gold SealsThat he immediately seized hold of him
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when he mixed with several other Men and endeavoured to
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escape but this Informant caused him to be securedAnd
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the said Richard Thomegary says that he was in Company
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at the time he was robbed as
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snatch something
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