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taken before me
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17th. day of March 1787
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Who being upon Oath severally say and
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came into Mistresses House in
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aforesaid and took out of his pocket a quantity of
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Beef and Mutton and the Spoon now produced
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That he gave the said Meat to one
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Bennett who was sitting and drinking in the
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said House That he went to the Bar and
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desired his Mistress to give him a Knife That
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she accordingly gave him a black handled Knife
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That he then went into the Yard and with the
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said Knife out said Spoon and began to scrape
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it That this Informant seeing what he was
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of said Mrs.
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Weaver who was standing near said Taylor
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That the said Taylor had got a Silver Spoon
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and was cutting it That said Taylor then gave
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said Spoons to this Informant and desired him
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to dump it up and melt it down and then
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return it back to him That he then shewed the
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said Spoon so delivered to him to the Maid Servant
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who advised him to return it to the Prisoner and
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to have nothing to do with it That he then offered
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to return it to the Prisoner but he would not
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receive it That he then by the advice of the said
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Maid Servant throw it on a Shed in the Yard
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That he
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