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this 24th
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the 22d. day of November Instant and That the
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one Quarter before six o'Clock on Saturday Even &
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which he did
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his said Coach a
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Different Places where she endeavoured to pawn said
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things Out could not at last he Drove her to a
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Things-She was Apprehended and put into the
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