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five weeks bring charged for attempting to
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Pick a Person's Pocket in the Street when
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he did not appear to be perfectly well, but
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was taken into the Sick Ward, and was attended
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attended the Deced a sent
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him Medicines which Deced took, Says
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that the Deced had the Allowance of
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the Prison from the Governor, who likewise
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gave Dept. Money to buy necessary things
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Sworn the Day Year & Place
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