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This 13th day of February 1789 Who being on their Oaths say
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as she can say about half past nine as she was going from a
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Butchers in
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with two other men she was assaulted
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Linen Aprons One Pair of Ribbed Cotton Stockings marked
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on his Oath saith this Night he received information
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from amongst several people who she said was one
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of the people who had stopt and robbed her last night That
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he took him in the Back room when the Prosecutrix said
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the handkerchief about his neck was her property and in which
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were the Articles she had been robbed of
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afternoon of a Sailor for another handkerchief and a Shilling
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