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, on the 6th. instant. Mr. Warkman depos'd, That the Prisoner came into his Shop pretending to buy a Handkerchief, and while he turn'd about, mov'd 6 which lay upon the Counter, and afterwards took them up, and was going away: But being stopp'd and search'd, he dropp'd them upon the Ground, but had 4 others found in his Bosom, which he had stoln out of the Shop Window. He had nothing to say in his Defence, and the Jury considering the Prosecutor had his Goods again, found him
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