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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.)
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