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the 25th of July; he left his own clothes in his room and robbed nine men, and my mare was missing that night, and this marine came to London the night he deserted, and I came to London after him, and I thought I should find my mare in Smithfield-market to be sold; and there I found her in the possession of Barker, the hostler at the White Bear in Basinghall-street . He said he bought the mare of the prisoner; and he said he told the prisoner if he made a good market of the mare, he would give the prisoner two or three shillings more; the prisoner owned the fact in my Lord Mayor's Hall, and desir'd I would beg for transportation for him; and I have sworn it to be my mare, and it is my mare.
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. I have nothing to say, but only that I put the mare into the Field at Chichester in Sussex , and the next day about three o'clock in the afternoon the mare was missing.
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Q. When was this?
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Barker. The Wednesday-night following, the 27th of July, and he said he bought the mare in Yorkshire.
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Q. Where did you buy it of him?
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Barker. At the White Bear in Basinghall-street .
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Q. What did you give for the mare?
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Barker. I gave 25 s. for her.
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. He gave but 25 s. for the mare, bridle and saddle, and it was worth 5 l. 10 s. to me.
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Q. to Barker. Did you toll her?
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Barker. No; I carried her to Smithfield-market the next day, and she was so blind she could not come out of the stable.
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Palmer. 'Tis not true.
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Q. Is the mare delivered to Mr. Palmer ?
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Q. Is that the mare you bought of the prisoner?
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Prisoner. I bought the mare at a fair at Chichester, and gave three guineas for her.
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