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The Information of
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Maketh Oath that
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on Saturday the 28th day of May instt: about
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a quarter before ten of the clock that night he
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heard a person who calls himself Samuel
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Chittam open a such window in his Kitchin
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Heal take & carry away a quantity of Linnen
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that lay upon a table in the said Kitchin
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To
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eight Handkerchers of the Value of
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one shilling & six pence & three pair of Ruffles
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shillings & six pence his property & likewise
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Handkercher
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says are her property & this Informt: on
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who never was out of his right
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drop in the street the said Linnen
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maketh Oath
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that she had Felonious stolen taken
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her master linnen
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Witness
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me the
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May 1748
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Jas: Fraser
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