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18th. day
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of April 1786
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Who being upon Oath says and first the said
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James Leigh
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that on Wednesday Night last when he went to Bed the Tell in his
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John Edwards
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at six o' Clock the next Morningthat soon after Informant
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is a part of his
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believe and suspect that the said
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is the person
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says that he
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found all the
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Halfpence and Farthings now produced in
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John Edwards
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that
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when he apprehended the said Edwards he asked him where
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the remainder of the Money was, who replied that one
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