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taken before me this 28th. day of October
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1788
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Who being upon Oath say, and first the said
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says that on Thursday the 15th. of October instant
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late a day Labourer at Wembley Green
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brought to this Informant to be shed, the black Horse
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claimed by
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in Oxfordshire
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and now at the Green Man at Wimbley -- That Informant
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asked said Parson the price of him who replied that he
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was not to be fold, that he belonged to his Master who
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was bid 15 Guineas for him at Charlberry Fair who
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would not part with him for Twenty -- That after
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the Horse was shed said Parsons rode away, upon
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him -- And the said Harry Goodes for himself saith that
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he was at said
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's Shop at this time
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and heard the before mentioned conversation pass between
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the said Goldsmith and said Parsons and that on the
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Friday morning the said Horse was brought to this
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Informants Stables by
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the said will
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himself he having
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found it upon Wimbley Common -- And the said
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for himself saith that he was also present at,
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said Goldsmith Shop and saw said Parsons go away
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with said Black Horse - That in about an hour afterwards
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about a Mile and a half from thence he saw said parsons
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upon another Horse when he asked said Parson what he had
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done with the Black Horse, who replied he had sent him in
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astring of Horse to
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and then asked this
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