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stealing a Gold Ring value 5 s. a Stone Ring value 7 s.6 d.5 pieces of Foreign Silver and 6 Shillings in Money, from the Person of
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, handed him along; that she was fumbling about his Breeches, and pickt his Money out of his Pocket, which he was sure was there a little before, and took his Rings off his Finger; that when he charged her with picking his Pocke, she ran into a House and he followed her; he got a Constable and had her before a Justice; there was another Woman at a little distance. The Prisoner denyed the Fact, and in her Defence said, that as she was coming down Newtoners-Lane for a Pot of Drink, to carry to her lodging, the Prosecutor follow'd her into the House, and charged her with Picking his Pocket; that she had not been with him nor seen him before. The Jury considering the Matter, and that none of the Goods nor Money was found upon her when taken, they brought her in
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