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feloniously stealing, on the <rs id="t17861213-30-cd159" type="crimeDate">18th day of November</rs>
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last, one pair of linen sheets, value 2 s. one shirt, value 10 d. one pair of nankeen breeches, value 12 d. one shift, value 12 d. and two pair of cotton stockings, value 12 d. </rs>
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GUILTY </rs>
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The prisoner died before sentence was passed </rs>
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<p>Tried by the London Jury before Mr. ROSE.</p>
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