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To the Worshipfull The Justices for the
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The Humble Petition of
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Sheweth
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That Your, Petitioner on or about the Sixth day of Jany 1778 received
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from Mr.
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a Master about Eight pounds Weight of Silk to
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throw and which your Petitioner Proceeded on
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That your Petitioner Proceeding in the said Work was Mobaled
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by One
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who Scarched your Petitioners
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House and took away £6..140oz of the said Silk Some other Part thereof being
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upon your Petrs. Throwing Mill which the Said
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left be hind
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That the said
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Pretended he Entered your Petr,
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House by Virtue of a Warrant from
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. one of his Majesty
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Justices of the Peace
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which had been Granted to
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Messrs. Goudge and Nicholls on their Sugesting that your Petr. had in
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his House Embezzled Silk
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That when your Petr. demanded a Copy of the Said Search Warrt.
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a Copy of one was delivered as granted by two Justices and not of the same
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Warrant Shewn at the time the said Goods were Seized by which Copy of the
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Warrant delivered to your Petr. it Appears that
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Samuel Nicholls
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William Querrell
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James Spalding
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Joseph Forrest
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a Quanty.
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of Silk to be worked up and Manufactured and that he had Cause to
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Suspect and did Suspect that the said
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had Embezzeled
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the Silk so delivered to him and that there was Just Cause to Suspect that
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the said Embezzled or Purloined Silk was Concealed in the Dwelling house
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of your Petitioner
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That your Petitioner was taken as he believes by Virtue of
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