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Robert Brooks <interp inst="t17360908-1-defend28" type="surname" value="Brooks"></interp>
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stealing 70 Brass-Sliders, value 2 s. and 41 Brass-Heads, value 6 s. </rs>
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William Arundell <interp inst="t17360908-1-victim30" type="surname" value="Arundell"></interp>
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, <rs id="t17360908-1-cd2" type="crimeDate">July 22</rs>
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<p>William Arundell. I <rs id="t17360908-1-viclabel3" type="occupation">make Sliding-Heads for Tellescopes</rs>
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; the Prisoner work'd with me till I had a Suspicion of him. I search'd his House, and found 70 Sliders, and 6 Brass Heads; 35 Heads he had sold to another Person, which I knew to be mine, because I work secretly with an Engine. As I suspected him, I counted over an hundred Dozen, and afterwards found 4 or 5 Dozen of them wanting.</p>
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John Dolley <interp inst="t17360908-1-person31" type="surname" value="Dolley"></interp>
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. I being Constable, search'd the Prisoner's House: I found a Quantity of small Pieces of Brass, out of which, Mr. Arundell pick'd these, which are produc'd, and which he swore to; but the Prisoner said they were his own.</p>
<p>Prisoner's Defence. I always prepared the Brass for the Engine to cut, and wanting to find out the Nature of this Engine, I slip'd in 4 or 5 Pieces of my own, and which I had prepar'd, that they might be cut with 300 of his; he cut them without discovering they were mine; and I took them away.</p>
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Acquitted </rs>
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