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The joint and several Informations of
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on Oath
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Severally sayand First the said
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Josiah, Widnell for himself saith, that about
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Six O'Clock on Friday Evening last he was going
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John Tate
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the Prisoner now
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under Examination take his HandkerchiefSays
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that he missed his Handkerchief and believes that
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now produced is the same he lost
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Thomas Barrett
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on Friday Evening last, and saw
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the said John Gate stoop down with his Crutch
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and draw a red spotted Handkerchief out of the
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Pocket of the said
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Josiah Windell
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who then dropt the Handkerchief he look out
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of Widnell's Pocket
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Taken and Sworn at
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Guildhall
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London the
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12th Day of October
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1780
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before me}
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