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feloniously stealing two Holster Leather Caps, value 7 s. the Goods of our Sovereign Lord
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was asleep upon the Quilts at the Guard at
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, the Prisoner came into the Stable, took the Caps off the Horse, knock'd down a Boy who stood at the Stable Door, and run away; the Boy cry'd, stop Thief; Furnival awaked, run after the Prisoner, and took one of the Caps out of his Bosom.
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