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the hour of 9 o Clock on Tuesday night last as he was going
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turned Round and they both ran away That he Inspected They had
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Gown and Pettycoat That he Conveyed Smith before a Tushed who
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Gown and Pettycoat is her Property and was left at the House of
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to wash and Mangle.
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day and that the Gown and Pettycoat now Produced is the
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That about
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the hour of half past 8 o Clock in the Evening on Tuesday the 1st.
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of Novr. Instant
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certain Place called Rawen Passage which said Gown and
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Pettycoat was Stolenout of the said Room in about Ten Months
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afterwards That there is a door in the said Passage which was locked and
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the Window was Shut down Close
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