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then went awaythat in a few Minutes after this Informant
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quitted said Room locked the Door and took the Key with him
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that he returned to said Room about 10 o Clock at which time
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says that he found the Iron Instruments now produced
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who told this Informant
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that they were used by him in his Businessthat this Informant
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treed the said Instruments and on comparing them found them to fit that part of the Door so
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broke open and that some Wood or other Stuff then lay on the
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ends of said Instruments And the said
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says that
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between the hours of twelve and one o Clock on Saturday Morning
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last he found the two Irons now produced under a Pair of Bellows
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in a Forge in said Samuel Clays Apartmentsthat said Clay
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delivered two other Irons to him to break open the Box that
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made use of the Words
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"I am down" meaning as this Informant then understood that
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he was aware that
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he was suspected of being guilty of said
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Felony
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Sworn this
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20th. day of
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March 1786
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Jas Atkins
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