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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.
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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.
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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.
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Several Persons appear'd, of whom the Prisoner had bought Brass, and several others gave him the Character of an honest Man.
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