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and got a Light returned upstairs where he met some persons who
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said they had been searching the House to see of
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there wase any Thieves
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and could bot find any That they proceeded to the Yard and found the
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Warechouse door Locked and the Key not in it as usualThat on breaking
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the said Door open found the Key on the inside then went to the Door of the
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Warehouse which opens to the waterside which they found open and a
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lestick belonging to his Father on the Wharf and found one
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Pocket Book and Sunday papers the property of his said Father
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on the mud near the
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Wharf belonging to his FatherThat when
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they came back from the Water
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Mary Middleston
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who then said She knew one of them and described
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his dressThat Soon after One of the Officers belonging to
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office coming in who
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on the said Servant Desenting his person and Dress he went away and in about Ten Minutes returned
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William
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that they called the said
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and asked her if he was one of the Persons when she said Yes and was
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Positive he was one of the men who had entered the House in the Manner she had
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relatedThat this Informant found that in the absence of his Father and himself that
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Evening Whilst they were gone to Old Mr. Birkley Two of his said Fathers Desk were broke
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Geo: Simpson
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