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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n991-1">John French</rs>
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Son of<del>John</del>
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<del>and</del>
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Morning last he was on riding behind a Coach<lb></lb>
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he missed<lb></lb>
his Pocket Handkerchief and a Tin Box with<lb></lb>
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said William with having taken the same<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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part of the said Handkerchief stick out of his<lb></lb>
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Says the Handkerchief and Tin<del>Case</del>
Box with the<lb></lb>
Movement, of a Watch now produced, are the same<lb></lb>
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Elizabeth the Wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n992-4">Alexander Wood</rs>
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in the Public Highway she saw<lb></lb>
the Tin<del>Case</del>
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the same to Contain Watch Movements That hearing that a Boy was<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n992-5">John French</rs>
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us at<lb></lb>
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