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The Information of
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being upon Oaths says that there were since Thursday last was
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night Feloniously taken and
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a great quantity of
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and Brandy to the
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amount as he verity beleives of
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upwards of Fifty Gallons, the property of this Informant.
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being upon Oath says that on Thursday last a little
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before Seven o' Clock in the Morning he saw there Persons come out of house
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next but one to Mr. Masons in
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aforesaid, one of which is now-
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whom he positively saw hold the Door
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whilst the other two came out
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with Baggs upon their books which
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appeared to this Informt. as if they contained Casks to hold Spirituous-
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Liquors, this Informt. Smelling it as the two Men went along the Street,
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And this Informt. says that a person now present who calls himself
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he verily believes to be
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said house with a Bagg upon his back, both as to the appearance of his Person
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and Cloathes, and more particularly that he saw the said
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return
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to the said house in company with
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Benjn. Hill
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in less than a Quarter of an hour
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afterwards,
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John Masons
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Samuell Leper
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Sworn before me
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Novr. 5 1753
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