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the 4th. day of
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August 1781.
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aforesaid (where it hung up) one
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Catton Gown the property
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of the value of ten Shillings.
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into the said Shop and cheapened a Gown but not agreeing
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for the same immediately went out again. That on her
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going out of the Shop this Informant being informed by
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his Fellow Apprentice that he thought a Gown had been
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and found concealed
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in her Apron the said Cotton Gown Stolen from his
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