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the Shop together when the Prisoner asked
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for a quarter of a Yard of Cloth at one Shilling
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per Yard That an Apprentice to Mr. Capps
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to him (the Prisoner) do you think that will
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Men were thieves That the said Man
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immediately took a Piece of Cloth and ran
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out of the Shop with it And the said
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for himself saith that he
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Saw the Companion of the Prisoner take
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a Piece of Cloth out of his Shop and run
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away when he camed the Prisoner to he
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Sworn before me
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the day and Year aforesaid}
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