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<p n="3645">his having Stolen from this Deponent the aforesaid<lb></lb>
three pieces of Callico from out of this Deponent<lb></lb>
Warehouse And when before the said Majestrate<lb></lb>
the said John Scaly acknowledged to have-<lb></lb>
Stolen the said Callico, and that he had disposed<lb></lb>
of the same to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3645-1">John Smith</rs>
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, the said,<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3645-2">John Smith</rs>
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having received the said Callico-<lb></lb>
knowing it to be Stolen from this Depondnt,<lb></lb>
And upon such the said John Scalys Confession<lb></lb>
and of this Deponents Swearing to the said Callico<lb></lb>
being his property, the said John Scaly was<lb></lb>
Committed, And this Deponent Saith that he<lb></lb>
having received intelligence that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3645-3">John<lb></lb>
Smith</rs>
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was gone to Ostend and in Consequence of<lb></lb>
a Reward of Twenty Pounds offered by this Deponent<lb></lb>
to apprehend the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3645-4">John Smith</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45028_n3645-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
he employed a<lb></lb>
Person at a Considerable expence who went to Ostend<lb></lb>
as this Deponent is informed and Verily believes and<lb></lb>
by some Contrivance or Art the sd. Person prevailed on the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3645-5">John Smith</rs>
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to Come to Dover which he did and was<lb></lb>
there Apprehended on Saturday last in the afternoon<lb></lb>
and brought to London on<obscured></obscured>
Day last And this<lb></lb>
Deponent Saith That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3645-6">John Smith</rs>
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was<lb></lb>
on the next Day being Monday taken before Mr.<lb></lb>
Justice Hyde who Committed him upon the<lb></lb>
Evidence of this Deponent and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3645-7">Thomas<lb></lb>
Flint</rs>
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And there Deponents both say that the<lb></lb>
proceeded directly afterwards to the Sessions House<lb></lb>
to endeavour to find a Bill of Indictment against the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3645-8">John Smith</rs>
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but they were informed that the<lb></lb>
Grand Jury were broke up And this Deponent<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45028_n3645-9">Meeson Schooley</rs>
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further Saith That he has last Sunday<lb></lb>
other Goods to a large Amount And there Deponent<lb></lb>
both say that they verily believe that if this<lb></lb>
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