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was indicted for
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stealing a diamond ring, value 100 l.
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November 2 d
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[The prisoner being a foreigner and not understanding English, an interpreter was sworn.]
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I live in
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: on the 2 d of November, in the evening, the prisoner came into my shop and asked to look at some rings; I shewed him several; this among the rest; he put it on his finger, and run out with it; I catched him in the next street; he delivered me the ring from his finger.
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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I am not guilty; I know nothing of it.
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FOR THE PRISONER.
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I heard the cry of stop thief, and took the prisoner; when I took him he sincerely confessed his error, and was very sorry.
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Did he speak English then? - I don't recollect.
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Do you understand French? - Very little; he spoke very broken English: I wish to recommend him to mercy.
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Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice ASHHURST.
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