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the preceding Night at cutting Cards and then desired Symmonds would
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got a pack of Cards and that he west would show him his Felly, that Symmonds
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replied he would and askt West where he could get them, that West then
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desired him to go out and buy a new pack, that Symmonds there went out
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and soon after returned with cards in his Hands which appeared to
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Informant to be old ones, that West then pretended to show Symmond
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how he had been cheated the Night before and opened the Cards to Informant
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and told him the disadvantage Symmonds cut at by having all below
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five and the other all above and the fifth stood for nothing, that then
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West and Symmonds began to play for Money which West won and
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threw a shilling to Informant and then a Guinea and sayd that he
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should go a part with him, that West desired Informant to cut for
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him which he at first declared doings but upon being askt again he
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consented and was told by West that he should have part of what he
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West got, that smith was also askt by West if he would be concerned
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who say'd he would upon which Informant cut till he lost Nine or Ten
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Guineas which was all the Cash he had about him except
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some silver that Informant then say'd he had lost all his money
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upon which west askt him if he had any Notes about him, that
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Informant then took Bank Notes two of Twenty Pounds, one of Twenty
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five Pounds and one of Ten pounds together accounting to seventy five
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Pounds out of his Pocket which he lay upon the Table and West
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handed them to Symmonds to make the Bett good who took them
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under his Care and say'd he would, that Smith and West also And
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Down some sort of Notes but not Bank which were also handed
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the Symmonds, and Informant was then asked to out the Cards which
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he refused doing upon which West cut a Court Card, and Informant
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thereupon commanded his Notes, which Symmonds refused to give
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him and West creed out double or quit, that the Cards were again
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cutt and austhe
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came up, and West again sayd double
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or quit, upon which Symmonds instantly took up all the Notes
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