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depos'd, That about 7 or 8 o'Clock at Night, he went to the
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, by Golden-Square, that he went into the Kitchin and sat down, and drank several Pints of Wine, five or six at the most; that after he was there, he counted his Money, laying it on the Table, and then put it up in his Pocket, that he had two Guineas, and 3 s. 6 d. in Silver; that the Prisoners being present, came and sat down by him, sometimes one, and sometimes another, alternately, and drank with him; that he never stirr'd from the Place where he sat, and that when he call'd for the Reckoning, they charg'd him 14 Pints, tho' he is certain he had not above six at the most, that feeling for his Money, his Guineas were missing; that while they were contending about the Matter, a Guinea was thrown under the Table.
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depos'd, That he passing by the Prisoners House, heard a Bell-Harp there, and looking in, espy'd his Friend sitting, and knowing that he used to carry Money about him, and thinking him in danger of loosing it there, he went in to p ersuade him to go home; that feeling in his Pocket for Money to pay his Reckoning, he miss'd his Money, saying, he had two Guineas when he came in; that the Prisoners said, he (the
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Prosecutor) had sunk the Guineas to bilk them of the Reckoning; that there was at length a Guinea thrown under the Table, as he believes, by Mrs. Eaton, which he heard fall under or near Sullivan, which she took up and gave to Eaton, saying, here's a Guinea, Madam, take your Reckoning out of it, which, according as she said, was 14 Shillings, but to the Prosecutor said it was but 5 Shillings; but the Prosecutor not being able to swear positively which of them took the Money from him, they were both
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