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, one cambrick handkerchief, value 2 s. </rs>
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<p>HILL WALKER sworn.</p>
<p>On Saturday morning last, I lost my handkerchief between eleven and twelve; I was informed of the robbery, and followed the prisoners; the handkerchief was taken from the prisoner Smith; the prisoner Fennell, the boy, was with him.</p>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I took the handkerchief out of the prisoner's breeches, I have had it ever since.</p>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I followed the prisoners, and saw the boy (Fennell) after several attempts, take the handkerchief out of the prosecutor's pocket, and I told the prosecutor; the two prisoners were then standing against Bow-church door, they were taken, and I found the handkerchief in Smith's breeches.</p>
<p>PRISONER SMITH's DEFENCE.</p>
<p>I found the handkerchief in Bow Churchyard, and put it into my breeches.</p>
<p>Court to the Boy. Have you any friends? - No.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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twice whipped </rs>
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imprisoned one week between the whipping </rs>
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transported for seven years </rs>
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<p>Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.</p>
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