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about five
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that the said Person has seldom been out of this Informants company
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he arrived at London until Saturday the tenth day of March instant on which
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that he had drank pretty freely and in the course of the
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evening recollects to have pulled out his purse before the Company and took out
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half a Crown to bet with one of their upon the subject of navigation that he
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petended to be sick and leaned upon this Informants shoulder that nine
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time after he come an he missed his purse and money that upon making as
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disturbance about the same the Landlady came up to him scratched his
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Face and Illheated him and said she did not believe that ever he was
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called in the Watchmen and sent him to the Watch house where he
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remained until eight oClock the next morning
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Marshall lastly saith that there were other Persons in the said House
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