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Who being on Oath severally say And First the said
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David Petrie
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for himself saith, that on Wednesday
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Morning about Eight, O Clock the Prisoner now under
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Examination, Mary the
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, came to this Informant's
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House, and ordered three pennyworth of Purl in a
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Quart Pot to carry to Mrs Wetton's, a Customer of
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InformantInformant delivered the Purl in a
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pewter quart Pot to the Prisoner, who in a few
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in another quart Pot for Mrs. Wetton's which Informant also delivered
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to the PrisonerInformant sent to Mrs Wetton's
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for the two quart Pots, and was told he had been
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imposed upon by the Prisoner Wills, and that Mrs
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Wettons had not sent her For the PurlInformant
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upon looking over the pewter Pets. now produced is
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certain two of the quart Pots are his Property and of the Value of his Shillings
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has no doubt sent that they are the same two Pots he delivered
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to the Prisoner in manner aforesaid, and he verily
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believes, the other Prisoner John Rappitt did
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Feloniously receive the said two quart Potts of the
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Mary Wills
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, knowing the same to have
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for himself saith, that he went to the House of
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the Prisoner
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in order to search for
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Helen Potts, and Found the two quart Potts claimed
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by the other Informant Petrie concealed with other
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Potts in the corner of a Cupboard in the room up
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one, Pair of Stairsall the tin Ware and melted
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now produced were also concealed in this
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cupboard, out of View, which Cupboard had the
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appearance of a False Wainscoat, so as to avoid
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any Suspicion of there being a cupboard
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Informant took into Custody the Prisoner Rappitt
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who in the way to the Compter said, his Wife had
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bought some
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Taken and sworn at
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the
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22d Day of February 1783
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William Gills
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David Petrice
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