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privately stealing in the Shop of <rs type="persName" id="t17260114-1-victim31"> <interp inst="t17260114-1-victim31" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
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5 Yards and an half of Cotton Check, value 10 s. </rs>
the Goods of Hugh Lewis, <rs id="t17260114-1-cd3" type="crimeDate">December 21</rs>
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thus depos'd. As I was in our Yard, I saw (thro' the Window) the Prisoner come into the Shop, take the Goods, and go away. I cry'd out Thieves, run into the Shop, my Master follow'd me, pursued the Prisoner, and took him.</p>
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thus deposed. I keep a Shop in <rs type="placeName" id="t17260114-1-crimeloc4">Hounds-Ditch</rs>
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. I was sitting by the Kitchen Fire, and hearing my Maid call out, I run after the Prisoner, and cry'd stop Thief, he kept running, and cry'd stop Thief too. I follow'd him into Gravel-Lewis, and there I saw him drop the Goods, and soon after I stopt him. The Jury found him <rs id="t17260114-1-verdict5" type="verdictDescription"> <interp inst="t17260114-1-verdict5" type="verdictCategory" value="guilty"></interp>
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Guilty to the Val. of 4 s. 10 d. </rs>
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<note>[Transportation. See summary.]</note>
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