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thus depos'd. I came home and call'd for my Gown and Slippers, and my Man told me he fear'd my Gown was stole, and I having seen the Prisoner lurking about the House, I suspected him, and went to an Alehouse in the Neighbourhood, where I found the Prisoner, I tax'd him with it, he made prevaricating Answers; whereupon I charg'd a Constable with him, search'd him, and found the Gown under his Coat.
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The Prisoner in his Defence said, That he bought it of a Man that came into the Room where he was for 10 Shillings, but that wanting Proof, the Jury found him
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