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dropt said parcel which was
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for himself says, that this day between
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three and four o' Clock in the Afternoon he was Standing
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at his Masters door in George Court aforesaid at which time
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he saw the said prisoner (Cowell) now present reen through
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said Court pursued by several persons with aforesaid
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under his Arm which parcel the said Prisoner dropt
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And he this Informed picked it up, And is the same now
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produced by himAnd the said George Whittich for
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himself says that as he was coming along
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this day between three and four o'Clock he saw said
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Cowell the Prisoner now present run from George Court
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pursued by several persons who called
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out Stop thief
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upon which this Informant took him
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into CustodyAnd the said
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Elizabeth Smith
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for
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herself further says that the said parcel now produced
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contains One Dozen of knives and forks and one Carving
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knife and fork
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that the same now
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is the property of her
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Husband
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Richard Smith
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and was feloniously Stolen in
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her said Shop by the said Prisoner
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John Cowell
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Sworn before me
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this 6th day of May 1789}
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Sampr Wright
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Wm. Vasey
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Charles
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Jeremiah Willlmore
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George Weittich
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