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taken before me one of his Majesty's
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in and for the City and Liberty of
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Who being upon Oath say
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and first the said
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for himself says that he was last Night upon his Duty, as
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, that about eleven o'Clock
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he laid down four Six pences and eight penny worth of half pence
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upon a Table and laid himself down on the Bed in the same Room
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now present who calls himself
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Alexander Wilkie
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came into the
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Room and threw down a Basket bidding this Informant take Care
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of it for that he had lost his Ass and went out of the Room, that
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very soon afterwards the Said
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came into the
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Room again and this Informant hearing the Money Single and
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perceiving it to be gone from the Table charged the Said
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with stealing it which he denied and struggled to get
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away, that the said
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coming up assisted this
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pulled out of his own
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Pocket two Six pences and a Shilling one of which Six pences this
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Informant is very certain was one of the Six pences that were
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stolen as aforesaid, that afterwards there were taken out of
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the said
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's Shoe two other Six pences and
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a shilling one of which Six pences also this Informant is
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very certain was one of those Stolen is aforesaid, And
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the Said John Birdseye for himself says that he assisted
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in securing & searching the Said
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as
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above mentioned and took from him the said four Spencer
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