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on his
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Oath Saith That there hath been lately stolen from off
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the same was taken from
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N. F. Beckman
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the Prisoner now under Examination
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on the Top of the Warehouse in the Gutter this
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Examinant than struck at him and told him he
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Dam'n your Eyes you Begger you lie then this
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who took him
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office
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