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30th. day of June 1779
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Who being upon Oath say and first the said Elizabeth
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Bellas for herself saith that she keeps a Jeweller's Shop in
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came into this Informants Shop
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the 26th.. day of April last and
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purchased a Pair of Ear Rings, that a Diamond Studd was feloniously
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was therein, and that she is very sure the said Mc. Kenzie is the
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person that did Steal the same; for that no person except himself
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had been in the said Shop from the time the said Mc. Kenzie came
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in, to the Time of his going out, Saith that she believes that
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the said Diamond Studd was in the Shop when said Mc. Kenzie
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came in, and she missed it Immediately after he was gone; and the said
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for themselves say that they are
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very Positive they saw the Diamond Studd abovementioned in the said
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Elizabeth Bellas's Shop on the 26th. day of April last and the said
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Sworn before me this
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30th. day of June 1779}
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