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stealing a pair of shoes, value 4 s.
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Bateman Saddington. I am an
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; I missed a pair of shoes on the 13th of July, out of my bed room; I apprehend they were taken away on the Saturday; I found them at a pawnbroker's in Wych-street on Monday the 14th; they are new shoes, never had been worn; my name was wrote in them.
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Saddington. She came with some excuse to my servant on the Saturday, I never saw her before.
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. I am servant to Mr. Fryer, a pawnbroker in Wych street; the young man that took the shoes in is now in the country; he told me that
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Q. Did you hear the prisoner examined?
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Wallice. I did; Sir
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Q. to prosecutor. What did the prisoner say to the charge before Sir
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Prosecutor. I cannot now remember.
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