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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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before the Mistress of the House Came
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he saw some Handkerchiefs lying between and
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the Handkerchiefs that were Stolen and then went
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Round the Counter and took them and the prisoner said
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They were the same Handkercheifs That Mrs. Barnes
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then Came into the Shop and she acknowledged to
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Buying the Handkercheifs and that she gave Seven
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Shillings for them but that she did not buy them of
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the prisoner she bought them of anther Woman
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and the prisoner was present That he then Second
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That about the hour of 5. o'Clock in the afternoon of
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Thursday last Two women Came to her Shop (one of
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was the prisoner They said they had got Two Handkerchiefs
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for Sale She asked them how they came by them
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them of a Gentleman who had no Money and who gave
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her the said Handkercheifs instead of money That
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the said Woman then pulled out Four more and
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told her the same Story and asked her to buy them
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That she then put on the Counter Seven Shillings
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