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The Information of
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and this Informt: saith that a person now present who
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calls himself
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had intimation that the sd Ridgway pilfered Tea &
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other Goods out of this Informt: shop this Inform: chargd
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the sd: Ridgway with the fact when he confessed that he
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had taken a small quantity of Tea out of this Informts:
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Shop upon which this Informt: insisted upon Searching
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in a Box in the sd Room this Informt: found the Several
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parcels of Tea Chocolate and Sugar now produced
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which Sd: Tea Chocolate and Sugar the sd: Ridgway
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Confessed he had taken from this Informt: the sd Chocolate
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being marked W. it J. which is the mark placed upon
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