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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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last. It appear'd that the prisoner would have bought the Screw Plate of the Prosecutor, but not agreeing, they parted, and presently after the Screw Plate was last. The Prosecutor found one, which he believ'd to be the same, at a House where the prisoner works. The prisoner in his Defence, said, he made the Plate himself. Several Persons giving him a good Character, the Jury
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