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charged with stealing
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Linen taken before me this
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16th.
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day of April 1787
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Alexander
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that having no Work he walked out to
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Rayner ran away and Ellison and Deal
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were taken And the said Rayner for himself
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the cry of Stop Thief they ran away And the
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for himself says that he
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he was Walking with Deal and heard the cry
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he and Deal went towards
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and drank a Pot of Beer when they Separated
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is now out of Work
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That he was walking up the Edges are Road
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when
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