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Martha Wilson <interp inst="t18100718-1-victim52" type="surname" value="Wilson"></interp>
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being then living </rs>
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<p>To this indictment the prisoner pleaded</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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Transported for Seven Years </rs>
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<p>First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.</p>
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