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. Dr. Bennet depos'd, that being in a Closet within his Study at about Eight of the Clock in the Morning, he coming out found the Prisoner there with a Basket in her Hand covered with an old piece of Stuff; and enquiring what she did there, the Prisoner replied she came to beg some Small Beer; whereupon he thinking her a very bold Beggar to come through the House and into his Study on that account, bid her go out of Doors, and following her perceiv'd the Pocket that was before full, on a sudden to be empty, and the Linnen to be thrown down in an Entry between the Study and the Hall, and lying under his Feet as he pass'd along, he secured her. The Doctor's Servant deposed, the said Linnen was before she came, lying in the Doctor's Study. The Prisoner deny'd her having the Linnen, and said she came in there to pick up a few Shavings, there being, as she said, Workmen at work there. But this Pretence did not avail, and she being an old Offender, having been burnt in the Hand for a like Fact but the last Sessions, the Jury found her
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[Whipping. See summary.]
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