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in and for the said Country the
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that on Thursday evening last she last at the
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the
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was remarks Arms
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in the parish of
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, Saith that the Buckle now
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produced is the property of this Informant
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and the same that she Cost as aforesaid
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saith that the Two persons now present
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were in
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the same Room with this Informant when
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she lost her Shoe and Buckle as
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The said
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William Archibald
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for
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himself saith Heat he was in the
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Informant sophia Stokes on Thursday
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aforesaid when she Complained the
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had lost her Shoe and Buckle That
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he saw one of the said two prisoners
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now present pick up a Shoe and
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a Buckle near the Threshold of the
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Door of the said House and go away
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with the same of which he immediately
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