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Obadiah Leman <interp inst="t17140908-1-defend28" type="surname" value="Leman"></interp>
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, of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="t17140908-1-defloc1">St. Mildred in the Poultry</rs>
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stealing a Peruke, Value 5 l. (the Goods of <rs type="persName" id="t17140908-1-victim30"> <interp inst="t17140908-1-victim30" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
Richard Bridgman <interp inst="t17140908-1-victim30" type="surname" value="Bridgman"></interp>
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) privately from the Person of <rs type="persName" id="t17140908-1-victim32"> <interp inst="t17140908-1-victim32" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
Edward Hodgkins <interp inst="t17140908-1-victim32" type="surname" value="Hodgkins"></interp>
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last. Hodgkins swore, that going from his Master's House to carry the Wig to Mr. Bridgman's, the Prisoner and another met and thrust him up to the Wall, and he lost it out of the Box; and another Witness depos'd that he saw the Prisoner take the Wig out, (the Box being open'd by squeezing) and put it into his Bosom; and, when Hodgkins cry'd out, saw him drop it, and he took it up. The Prisoner had nothing to say but that he was not the Person, and the Jury found him <rs id="t17140908-1-verdict4" type="verdictDescription"> <interp inst="t17140908-1-verdict4" type="verdictCategory" value="guilty"></interp>
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guilty to the value of 10 d. </rs>
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<note>[Whipping. See summary.]</note>
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