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siding at the desk in the Compting House of the said John
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Nickson, and he perceiving a Man whose back was towards
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the Man who was just gone out of the Warehouse with
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saw going out of the Warehouse in manner aforesaid, and
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who, he believes, did Feloniously steal the said Piece of
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