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his having Stolen from this Deponent the aforesaid
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three pieces of Callico from out of this Deponent
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Warehouse And when before the said Majestrate
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the said John Scaly acknowledged to have-
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Stolen the said Callico, and that he had disposed
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of the same to the said
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, the said,
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having received the said Callico-
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knowing it to be Stolen from this Depondnt,
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And upon such the said John Scalys Confession
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and of this Deponents Swearing to the said Callico
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being his property, the said John Scaly was
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Committed, And this Deponent Saith that he
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having received intelligence that the said
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was gone to Ostend and in Consequence of
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a Reward of Twenty Pounds offered by this Deponent
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to apprehend the said
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he employed a
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Person at a Considerable expence who went to Ostend
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as this Deponent is informed and Verily believes and
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by some Contrivance or Art the sd. Person prevailed on the said
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to Come to Dover which he did and was
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there Apprehended on Saturday last in the afternoon
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and brought to London on
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Day last And this
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Deponent Saith That the said
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was
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on the next Day being Monday taken before Mr.
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Justice Hyde who Committed him upon the
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Evidence of this Deponent and the said
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Thomas
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And there Deponents both say that the
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proceeded directly afterwards to the Sessions House
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to endeavour to find a Bill of Indictment against the said
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but they were informed that the
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Grand Jury were broke up And this Deponent
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further Saith That he has last Sunday
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other Goods to a large Amount And there Deponent
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both say that they verily believe that if this
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