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last, one watch, with the outside and inside of silver, value 8 s. and one watch-chain, value 6 d. and a seal, value 6 d. </rs>
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sworn.</p>
<p>What have you to say against the prisoner? - She has robbed me of my watch.</p>
<p>In what way? - I pulled it out to see what it was o'clock, and she snatched it out of my hand.</p>
<p>How came she so near you? - I was in the back room in the parlour at Mr. Dixon's, the sign of the <rs type="placeName" id="t17811205-30-crimeloc157">Seven Stars, in Blue Anchor-yard</rs>
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<p>Who were present? - A ship mate of mine, and two maids who were going backwards and forwards.</p>
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How long was she in your company? - She was never in my company at all, I was only drinking a pint of beer with my ship mate.</p>
<p>Did you sit down near her? - She sat down by the fire, and I was set next to my shipmate.</p>
<p>How did she take the watch? - I had got my watch to see what it was o'clock, and she snatched it out of my hand while I was talking to my shipmate.</p>
<p>What did she do with it? - She went out of the room immediately, and returned in about five or six minutes; I did not think any thing, and she went out of the room again, and I did not see any thing of her afterwards, till after I heard the watch was pawned.</p>
<p>When did you see her afterwards? - Not till two days after when she was taken.</p>
<p>What inquiry did you make after the watch, did you inquire of Mr. Dixon? - Yes.</p>
<p>How did you find it? - I saw a man that passed for her husband, one Murray, and he told me that he had got a duplicate of the watch.</p>
<p>When did you see him? - Two days afterwards.</p>
<p>He said he had got a duplicate of the watch? - Yes.</p>
<p>Where did you find it? - At No. 75, Fleet-market.</p>
<p>At a pawn-broker's? - Yes.</p>
<p>When did you find it there? - On the 17th or 18th of November last.</p>
<p>How long was that after you lost it? - Two days.</p>
<p>Do you know any thing more about the woman taking it? - No more, than that I found she had pawned it.</p>
<p>So you were told? - Yes.</p>
<p>When did you see her afterwards? - When she was taken up, I saw her go into a house, in Black-horse-alley, and I stopt her.</p>
<p>What did she say for herself? - She said she had done the like before, and she would do the like again, and good luck to her for it.</p>
<p>From the prisoner. If you please to ask him where he slept that night.</p>
<p>I did not sleep with her, I insisted on going, and about one o'clock I went out of the house.</p>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I am a pawn-broker; on the 15th of November the prisoner brought this watch into my shop.</p>
<p>What time of the day? - As near as I can recollect about the middle of the day, twelve o'clock, there came in with her one <rs type="persName" id="t17811205-30-person406"> <interp inst="t17811205-30-person406" type="role" value=""></interp>
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, who keeps a house in my neighbourhood; my young man took the watch and asked her whose it was, she said it was her husband's; seeing him make inquiry, I stepped forwards and took hold of the watch; upon that, this Murray says, it is my watch, you need not be afraid. I lent him two guineas on it, and gave him a duplicate in his own name.</p>
<p>What is Murray? - He is a man that sells goods in the market.</p>
<p>What is he to the prisoner? - Nothing at all that I know of, I never knew him any ways connected with the prisoner.</p>
<p>Who brought the watch in? - The prisoner brought it in first.</p>
<p>PRISONER's DEFENCE.</p>
<p>Mr. Bevan and I had been acquainted together for about three months, or not quite so much, he wanted to be concerned with me as with other unfortunate girls, and he had no money; he put his watch down my bosom and insisted on my taking the watch; next morning at six o'clock, he asked me for the watch again, and I told him that as he had no money I would not give it him. I went with it to Fleet-market, and Murray pawned it, and I gave him 25 s. of the money back again.</p>
<p>To Bevan. Is it true that she gave you any of the money back again? - I never saw her from the time I lost it, to the time she was taken up in Black-horse-alley.</p>
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ACQUITTED </rs>
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<p>Tried by the Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.</p>
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