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. Q. When did you lose this cedar wood - A. I am not sure it was cedar wood.</p>
<p>Q. Is there any one here who knows that it was cedar wood - A. No.</p>
<p>COURT. You have indicted him for stealing cedar wood, and nobody knows that it was cedar wood. You might as well have indicted him for a horse.</p>
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<p>First Middlesex Jury, before Lord Ellenborough.</p>
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