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stealing a linen handkerchief, value 10 d. the property of a person unknown
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, on the night of the 7th of July; I saw the prisoner put his hand into a gentleman's pocket; the gentleman went off directly, and I stopt the prisoner; he attempted to throw the handkerchief over the bridge, but it stuck upon the stone work.
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. I was with my husband; I saw the prisoner take the handkerchief out of a gentleman's pocket; when my husband took him he attempted to throw it between the ballustrades into the Thames.
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Prisoner's Defence.
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The handkerchief dropt out of the gentleman's pocket: I picked it up. The watchman and his wife abused me, and wanted me to deliver the handkerchief to them, which I refused, and attempted to throw it over the bridge.
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