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him self saith That between Eleaven & Twelve o' Clock last Night
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as the Jus was a Coming home he met a Person now present
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who picked up this Jus
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and asked him to so home with her and there on the Jus went with
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her to one Mr Newberry's and there and a Puit of wine made
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into a Negur, and this Juf intending to pay for the sd. Nepur he
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putt his hand into a Private Packet he had in his Coal and
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pulled out as he thought one shills & Six Pence lent this Jus
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saw when
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laid the sd. Mony down that the peice which he so
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took suppored to be a shill.g was a guinea whereupon the Jus.
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put the sd. Guinea into the said pocket & drew out a
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about fifty yards from the sd. house a Man serjed this Jus &
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Pulmiond his Arms & Imediately the sd. Isabella came cross the
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sd. Isabella put her hand into the sd. Prioat Pocket of this Iuss
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took thereout 2 guineas & a Six & Thirty & ranaway & the Infor
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Pursued her and called Watch and the Jus Richd. Allbut for himself
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saith that about Twelve he heard a Cry of stop Thief & this Jus
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seeing the sd Issabella can and the other Infrminng after her
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the Jus stop the said Isabella & brought her to the watch house
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Sworn the 8. day of
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March 1760 before me}
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