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him as he was going home with his said Wife and desired to let him lay these
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saying he could not get into his lodgings that said Robert went with them
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in a Public house called the help
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who he laid hold off and charged him with
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robbing this Informant to the Amount of Seven pounds nineteen Shillings and
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the Night before he believes the said Robert Simpsons to be the person who went
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Taken and Sworn this
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