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, a Gold Watch Case, value 4 l. the Property of
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Katharine Chambers depos'd, That as she was coming from a Meeting, and stepping into a Coach, two or three Women came and jostled her, and Madam Jacomb telling her that her Watch Case was gone, the Prisoner was pursued, and the Case was in her Hand.
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depos'd, Upon hearing his Mistress cry out that she had lost her Watch Case, he followed the Prisoner, saw the Case in her Hand, and she seeing him, threw it away. The Fact being proved as to her having the Watch Case, but there seeming to be three in Company, and it not being proved that she took it, the Jury found her
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Guilty of Felony only, to the Value of 10 d.
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