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Andrew Alexander</rs>
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last. The Prosecutor depos'd That the Prisoner came into his Shop with a foreign Gentleman to buy an Amethist, and a Gentleman that was present laid it before him, and it was never by them seen after. The Prosecutor's Servant depos'd, That the Prisoner took it up, and looked at it for some Time, and he never saw it after. The Prisoner deny'd the Fact, and said that the Amethist was put into the Hands of the foreign Gentleman, and what became of it he knew not, and that the foreign Gentleman was gone to Holland. The Jury <rs id="t17240708-1-verdict4" type="verdictDescription"> <interp inst="t17240708-1-verdict4" type="verdictCategory" value="notGuilty"></interp>
acquitted </rs>
him.</p>
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