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stealing a linen handkerchief, value ten pence </rs>
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Thomas Resbrook <interp inst="t17741207-49-victim448" type="surname" value="Resbrook"></interp>
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. I lost my handkerchief, at the foot of <rs type="placeName" id="t17741207-49-crimeloc225">Black-Fryars Bridge</rs>
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, on Lord Mayor's Day; just as my Lord Mayor landed. I had pin'd it in my pocket, with a very large pin; I felt a hard pull at my pocket: I turned round and saw the prisoner run away: I pursued and took him; he threw the handkerchief away: (the handkerchief was produced in court, and deposed to by the prosecutor.)</p>
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, confirmed the prosecutors evidence.</p>
<p>The prisoner in his defence, said, he picked up the handkerchief in the crowd.</p>
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Guilty </rs>
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<note>[Transportation. See summary.]</note>
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