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February Instant he this Examinant,
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the Parish of Saint
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Saith that Myer, Lewis and himself stayed in this Examinants
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went into the said house and struck a light and Lewis and Examinant
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then went up stairs into the Garrett And there both Lewis and this Examinant
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got out at the Window and they took out a Pane of Glass with a
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opened the Window and both got in at the same, In the house they
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took out of some drawers a number of Bobbins of Silk, and out of some
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