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was indicted for
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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.
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October 15th
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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.
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I am a pawnbroker: the prisoner pledged these things with me on the 15th of October, in the name of
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[They were produced in Court, and deposed to by the prosecutor.]
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Prisoner's Defence.
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I beg as much lenity as the Court can shew me.
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Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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[Imprisonment. See summary.]
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