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and the other two took it by Turns & they rubbed
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Mud over the Cuts to Prevent the Watchmen taking
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Notice of it; when they had cut away the
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Shutter Tompkins broke the Glass
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and cut this Hands, they took out five
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Watches, one Metal one, two pair of Buckles
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a kind of Snuft Box, that they Sold the Watches for
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a Guinea a piece to the Jew in
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for the Buckles &
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Dunbar Pumped them to know what they had
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done with the Things, Wilkinson & Gregory
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also pumped the others to know whether they
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had not taken these Things.
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The Reason Wilkinson was not with them
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he was not then in the Way and so they went out
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by themselves.
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That the Time Gregory was taken was
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the first Time they had the Hanger cut, that it
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was to defend themselves with & not removing
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as Wilkinson Pretended
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That about nine Months ago or more he
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went with
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to the Fields near the
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, he get over the Wall behind
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a House but don't know whose Bowler stood by
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Wall without side, he found a flowered linen
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Gown & two pair of light coloured Worsted
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Stockings which he threw over the Wall to Bowler
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he get back directly & they went away together
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directly, this Examinant send them to Abrahams
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by a Woman, whom he employed for that purpose
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she brought back ten shillings he did not see
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Abrahams of which Money she gave this Informt.
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about five or six Shillings & Bowler afterwards
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informed him that he had reced the Remainder
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