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The Prosecutor depos'd, That he lost the Lead from a Closet, to which it was the Cover, in
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depos'd, That on the 13th of June in the Night-time he met three Men, whom he thought proper to examine, on Account that one of them had a Sack on his Shoulder, in which he said, was a Pair of Grates; but this Deponent desirous of further Satisfaction, demanded to see it, which they refusing, a Quarrel began, and some Blows; at which Time a Constable and two Watchmen came to his Assistance, who took the Prisoner, and the Lead in a Sack, both which they carried to Covent-Garden Watch-house, but neither of them could say the Lead was taken on the Prisoner, neither did it appear to the Court that he was really guilty; but as he affirm'd might possibly fall into their Company by Accident, and he giving some Reasons to further this Belief, the Jury
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