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The Information of
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taken this 18th Day of April
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1789 before me
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for himself says that this Morning he brought Twelve
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Roasting Pigs from
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for salethat in
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he Employed the prisoner
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Richard Mc. Gee
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to carry said pigs from thence to
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, where
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Informant took Two of the said Pigs in order to sell them
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and left said Mc. Gee in Care of the other Ten in a Basket till he
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Returnedthat when informant returned he found the said
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Basket with Nine Pigs only but not said Mc. Geethat in about
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five Minutes the said Mc. Gee came when informant asked
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him what was become of the other pigs who replied Da
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the Pig I know nothing of the pig I know nothing of it there were
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no more left than what are thereThat Informant then
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askd him where he had been, and he replied he had been
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to have a Pint of Beerthat Informant still continued to
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charge him with taking said Pig and he as possitively
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denied that he had seen it and several Time threatned
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to Knock this Informant downAnd this Informant
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further says he is very sure that the roasting Pig now
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produced by
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is the Identical Pig which was
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taken out of his Basket from the remaining Nine, and
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left in the possession of said Mc. Gee as aforesaidAnd
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the said
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for himself says that this Morning about
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half past Nine o'Clock the prisoner Richard Mc. Gee came
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to this Informants shop the Coroner of Clare Street and asked
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