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taken upon Oath the 28th. Day of August 1789.
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came to him on or about the Seventeenth
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Day of August Instant and told him that he wod. be much
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obliged to him if he wod. let his Servant kill a Sheep for
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him that had been returned upon his Hands by a Master
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that he worked for as such Sheep had been lost two
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Days & when found & presented to such Master he wod.
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not receive it as it was wasted & a good deal worse than
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when it was bought but stopt his Wages weekly towards paying for the same and for that Reason he desired he
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wod. kill and make the best of it that he consented to let
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the same be killed & in the Evens, about seven oClock
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the Prisoner brought such Sheep but he the sd.
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whose Sheep
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it really was he after some Hesitation declared it was
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his Master Mr. French's that he in Consequence of such
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