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Justices of
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County of
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Who being upon their Oaths say and first this
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for himself saith
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that on the Ninth of February instant he packed
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up in a case a Wallow Wheel and ordered
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his
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this other Informant
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William Watson
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to
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take the said Case together with other Goods on board
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the Generous Planter Captain John Garf then lying
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off
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and bound to
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in the
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which said Goods were
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safely taken from his said Wharf at the Falcon
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Iron Foundary. And this Informant
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William
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for himself saith that he was Employed
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for the purpose
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Lighter
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containing the said Case and other Goods along
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side the said Ship Generous Planter and went
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away, but returning the next morning to his
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Lighter he found the case containing the
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Wheel above described had been felonious life taken
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and Carried away and that the case now produced
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as the Identical Case that had been Stolen in
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the manner aforesaid And this Informant
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rowing up the River he perceived a Boat with
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three Men in her that he rowed up to her and
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demanded what they had got in her that they
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Immediately gave him the Case now produced
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and then attempted to get away that he
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Immediately pursued them and they were take
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by some persons on shore but he is positive that
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the persons now present who call themselves
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William Hardy
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Thomas
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Herbert
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are the three men who were in the
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Boat at the time he took the case out of it
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Taken and Sworn before us this
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15th. of Febry 1786
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John Staples
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Robt. Smith
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W Watson
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Robt Walker
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