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Who being upon Oath say, and first the said
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he this Informant was robbed on foot in a Lane near
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a Crown a Dollar and about three Shillings in Money by two Foot Yards
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That the next Morning he this Informant called at the said
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in order to relate the
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of said Alehouse he saw two persons now present who
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eating and drinking, but who on this Informant entering
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paid their Reckoning and went awayThat Informant
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of said Alehouse if
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he knew them, who replied that he did not, and Informant
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told him the manner of his being robbed and that the
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Sibley to and Cousins were the persons who
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and suspect that said Sibley and Cousins are the Footpads
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for himself saith that at the time the said
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came into his said Master House he well remembers the
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