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, of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="t17150427-26-defloc151">St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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privately stealing a Silver-hilted Sword </rs>
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, the Prisoner run full against him, drove him against the Wall, snatch'd his Sword from his Side, and ran away; whereupon he call'd out, and got Help, who upon Pursuit took him with the Sword in his Hand. The Matter being so plain, he was found <rs id="t17150427-26-verdict154" type="verdictDescription"> <interp inst="t17150427-26-verdict154" type="verdictCategory" value="guilty"></interp>
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