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, Esq; on the King's highway, of a gold watch, value 20 l. a stone seal set in gold, and two guineas, and afterwards received his Majesty's pardon, on condition of being transported during his natural life. He was seen at large in the parish of
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The record of his conviction read in court. The witnesses would not swear to the identity of his person, so he was
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