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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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first a Lock and afterwards a Chest Handle
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which was fastend to the Remains of a Chest
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That upon Clarys. seeing this ChestSaid. that
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is the Chest wherein my Property was. I know
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it by the Handle, That the Remains of the Chest
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were afterwards entirely dug out of the Ruins, but
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upon carefully searching the Content, to this
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Informants astonishment, nothing was found in
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itbut a considerable Quantity of Hay Banks
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Rolls of Paper. and other Rubbishthe whole
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of which appeard to have been dep'd or Soakd in
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Stinking Oillike lamp Oil)That on Clary
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seeing the Contents of this Chest not consumed, he
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endeavourd to Destroy it, by taking out the Rolls.
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of Paper tearing them in Pieces, and Streding
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them in diferent parts of the Ruins, untill
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he was prevented from so doing, by the Surveyor
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who forbid him to proceed any further, &
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ordered this Informant, to prevent the Sufferer
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from meddling any men with them,
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That this Informant observed to Clary
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when he found the Lock among the Ruins that
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of he had the Key, it would prove wether
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