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having last a Lump of Sugar out of his Shop, The Defendant
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was apprehended and charged with Stealing the same, and
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on Tuesday the
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Nineteenth Day of February instant and afterwards gave
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all Wednesday from Nine
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of the Clock in the Morning until between Ten and Eleven of
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the Clock at Night and Saith that the next Morning being
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the Twenty first of February instant He this Deponent
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was very ill and not able to Attend the Court any longer
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owing to a Swore Cold which he this Deponent apprehends he
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caught by waiting and Standing on the Cold wet Stones
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the Proceeding Day, and this Deponent further Saith that
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Sworn at the Sessions House in
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the 25th day
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of February 1782}
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By the Court.
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J Braddock
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