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was indicted for
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, one linen handkerchief, value 10 d.
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I lost my handkerchief on Tuesday last at
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, a little before two; I did not know who took it; this is the handkerchief; there was the crowd.
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A little before two last Thursday, in the afternoon, I was standing at the side of St. Andrew's door, I saw the boy next the prisoner and another at this gentleman's pocket; and I saw the prisoner, when he saw me, throw this handkerchief in the mud; I am sure he picks forty forty handkerchiefs in a week.
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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I was going of an errand for my mother, I was never near the gentleman's pocket.
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How old are you? - About ten.
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Who employs you to do this? - Nobody; I go out with a basket with greens and turnips along with my father.
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Tried by the first London Jury before Mr.
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[Transportation. See summary.]
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