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depos'd, That he being a Watchman, and seeing the Prisoner with a Sack upon his Back, and something in it, thought fit to examine him, when he said, he had Fowls there, at which this Deponent told him, he wanted such a Chap as he was, and thereupon took him into Custody.
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Jun. depos'd, That they were her Mother's, which were taken away as aforementioned.
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The Prisoner said in his Defence, That he had been at Uxbridge, and coming back, saw a Man with a Sack upon his Back, and upon his asking the Man what he had got there, he flung the Sack down, and ran away, that he took it up very innocently, and only for thus finding the Sack of Fowls, was taken into Custody; but as its much more common for Felons, to invent an Excuse, than to clear themselves by sufficient Evidence, these idle Tales are of little Effect, the Jury found him
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[Transportation. See summary.]
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