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Who being upon Oath severally say and first the said William
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siers Smith for himself says that about 9 o' Clock this Morning he had
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Stolen a Silver Watch from out of his
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himself says that a person now present who calls himself
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offered to sill to him this Morning between 9 & 10 o' Clock a Silver Watch
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now produced which he this
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for himself further says that the said Silver Watch produced
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is the very Watch that was stolen out of his
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did feloniously
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Sworn before me
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