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; and taken before me Sir
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one of his MAJESTY'S
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, this 19th.. Day of July
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17 84
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Who confesseth that he this Examinant did Feloniously steal
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four Guineas in a Drawer belonging to a Chest of Drawers
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in the Dwelling house of the said
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aforesaid, about
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five o'Clock this Morning and further this Examinant
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says that he did three of said Guineas in a Dunghill
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near Shepherds Bush, and the other Guinea this Examinant
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delivered to the said
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Taken before me the Day
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and Year above Written}
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William
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Witness Smeeton
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