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was indicted for that he,
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in the King's highway, in and upon
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did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person a silver watch, value forty shillings, the property of the said John
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I was robbed of my watch and handkerchief in St. Giles's, between seven and eight at night in
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blow which stunned me so that I had no recollection of the matter, only that I had a watch and handkerchief in my pocket that day; I afterwards found that that handkerchief and the watch were gone: Mr. Baker was present.
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I saw the prisoner at the bar knock at a door in Burbridge-street, St. Giles's; the people would not let me go in: I saw the prosecutor go in and saw him afterwards with a woman and the prisoner; the woman had hold of one arm and the prisoner of the other, but not in a violent and forcible way; it appeared to me as if they were decoying him; I was told by the woman that this man was in bad company; he seemed to be in a bad condition; I watched them and saw the prisoner take that watch out of his pocket; I saw an handkerchief on the ground, which I suppose fell from the prosecutor: the handkerchief was taken up by the prisoner or the woman.
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Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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