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was indicted for
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stealing ten muslin handkerchiefs, value thirty shillings, a linen gown, value ten shillings, two stuff gowns, value twenty shillings, five yards of linen cloth, value four shillings, a stuff petticoat, value eight shillings, and six linen aprons, value three shillings
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Edward Downing
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January 31st
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I am a
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White-gate-alley
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, I lost a trunk and bundle, which was tied to it, out of my waggon; a person called to me and informed me of it: this is the trunk and bundle (producing it).
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I saw the prisoner take the trunk and bundle from a boy or man in the waggon; there is a ladder behind the waggon, it rather lodged there; the prisoner snatched it from behind the waggon, as he took it, it fell and he took it up; I immediately laid hold of him as he was going off with it.
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The trunk was delivered to me; I have had it ever since; it is now in the state in which I received it.
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[The contents of the bundle and trunk, which were the things mentioned in the indictment, were produced in court, and deposed to by the prosecutor.]
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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It fell out of the waggon, and I picked it up.
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The prisoner called a witness, who said he heard a noise; that indeed he did not see the trunk drop; but saw the prisoner take it up.
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Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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[Branding. See summary.]
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[Imprisonment. See summary.]
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