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The Examination of
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in the said
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County of Middx taken upon Oath before me one of his Majesties
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Justices
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of the Peace
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in and for the said County this twenty Second
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This Examinant upon her Oath Saith that about ten
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days Since the discover'd She had lost one pound of
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Candles out of her Shop belonging to her dwelling House in Staines aforesaid
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and a Ten days afterwards discover'd the had Cost
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another pound of Candles and On the Morning of the Same
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Day heated Several Pies and put them into the Ends of
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Several Candles which the afterwards hung up in her said
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Shop and the Morning following discover'd that the same
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Candles were taken from the Peace where She the said
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Examinant had before hung them up and then Inspected that
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Sage Segment the Wife of William Segmorn of Staines
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aforesaid Labourer had Stolen the same Candles for that
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She the said Sage had been in this Examinant's Shop the
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same morning this Examinant miss'd the Same Candles and
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of ten times before and this Examinant further saith that
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upon such discovery made the applied to the said
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Thomas
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Wood
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on the Eighteenth day of this Instant December (having
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first made Oath of her Inspicion aforesaid) for a Search
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Warrant which was granted by the said
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and
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Search was thereupon made by
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William Stone
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of Staines aforesd.
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in Company with this Examinant
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in the Dwelling
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House of the Sd.
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William Seymour
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at Staines aforesaid whereupon
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the Salm Constable Singed into his Custody about five Pounds of
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Candles or thereabouts which He found in a Box in the dwelling
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and the same Candles bring a
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new produced before the said
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by the same Constable
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Search bring made the therein to see whether any
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