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privately stealing a Silk Handkerchief from the person of <rs type="persName" id="t17141209-38-victim218"> <interp inst="t17141209-38-victim218" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
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last. The Prosecutor depos'd, That there being a Crowd in the Church, by reason of the Bishop of London's Confirming there, he lost his Handkerchief, and searching the Prisoner, found that and 5 more in his Breeches; whereupon he was found <rs id="t17141209-38-verdict213" type="verdictDescription"> <interp inst="t17141209-38-verdict213" type="verdictCategory" value="guilty"></interp>
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Guilty to the Value of 10 d. </rs>
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<note>[Whipping. See summary.]</note>
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