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was indicted for
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burglariously and feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house of
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, about the hour of eight in the night, on the
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last, and burglariously stealing therein, one copper kettle, value 15 s. a mahogany tea-tray, value 15 s. and two pictures, with gilt frames, value 15 s. his property
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There being no evidence but that of an accomplice, he was
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Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice GOULD.
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