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stealing a cloth coat, value 4 s. a cloth waistcoat, value 2 s. a pair of cloth breeches, value 2 s. a cloth surtout coat, value 4 s. five linnen shirts, value 7 s. 6 d. and a man's hat, value 2 s. </rs>
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Robert Paterson <interp inst="t17771203-56-victim574" type="surname" value="Paterson"></interp>
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sworn.</p>
<p>The prisoner came to lodge in the same house where I lodge. I went out on the 15th of October, and when I returned to my room, I missed the things mentioned in the indictment: I found part of them at a pawnbroker's.</p>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I am a pawnbroker: the prisoner pledged these things with me on the 15th of October, in the name of <rs type="persName" id="t17771203-56-person577"> <interp inst="t17771203-56-person577" type="role" value=""></interp>
George Lee <interp inst="t17771203-56-person577" type="surname" value="Lee"></interp>
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<p>[They were produced in Court, and deposed to by the prosecutor.]</p>
<p>Prisoner's Defence.</p>
<p>I beg as much lenity as the Court can shew me.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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<p>Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.</p>
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<note>[Imprisonment. See summary.]</note>
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