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This Informant on his Oath saith that he is a Watchman in
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Wednesday Morning last the 16th. Instant about a Quarter past
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hearing a Noise in an unhabited House in Crown Alley aforesaid
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they were about; upon which both the men made a hallowing
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hole which had been made in the Wall. That this Informant
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then enquired who and what they were and suspecting they
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had been attempting to steal some of the Gutter Lead from the
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Top of the House he took them into Custody. That then this
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and ripped the said Lead with Intent to steal the same
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