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Strand Stick Manufacturer and
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4th. day of March 1788
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Who being upon Oath severally say and first
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the said
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for himself says that on
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Thursday the 28th. day of February last he was at
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Work in his Masters Nursery till Six o'Clock in the
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Evening at which time all the Yew Trees in his
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Masters Nursery were safe That about ten
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Minutes after six the next Morning he discovered
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that many of the Yew Trees had been cut and
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Stolen in that part of the Nursery near Elisiam
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Row amounting in Number as he believes to
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twelve or Fifteen and further Says that between
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Six and seven on the said Thursday Night he
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whom he verily believes to be the person now
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present who calls himself
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for himself
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Says that on Thursday Night the 28th. of February
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last Fifteen Sticks of yew Plants were cut and
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Stolen in his said Nursery and is very sure that
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Fifteen Yew Plants now produced by
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