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upon Oath before me this 10th. day of December
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1789
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in Company with another Person Close behind Aim
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At which Time Informant had in his right Hand Coat
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Pocket the Linnen Handkerchief now produced, a Silk
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Handkerchief and a Silk purse containing Five Shillings and
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Sixpence in Silver, that feeling a Tug at his said Pocket he
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