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feloniously receiving twenty-three pair of shoe buckles, plated with silver, value 50 s. (being a parcel of the goods, for the stealing of which
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had been convicted) by the said
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I was the prosecutor of Elburne and Goodburn, for stealing thirty-three pair of plated buckles from my boy,
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I am servant to Mr. Price; Flint brought these buckles to Mr. Price. I do not know any thing of Edwards losing the buckles.
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Where are the things that were brought to you to sell? - They were taken away from us.
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What did Flint say when he brought them? - He wanted to sell them. I did not buy them, but lent him three guineas upon them; my master was out of town at the time, and had been out of town a week.
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Court. Gentlemen of the Jury, upon this evidence you must acquit the prisoner.
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Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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