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, and then and there affixed to a certain building of his, against the statute </rs>
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<p>Between eight and nine the 25th of August, I was on the watch, I thought I heard somebody at the bottom of the ladder; I saw the prisoner with the lead under his arm; it was dark, I could not see him before I took him at the foot of the ladder; says I, what have you here, says he, a bit of something I am going to lay down.</p>
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, Jun. sworn.</p>
<p>This was our lead; it was tore off entirely.</p>
<p>Prisoner. I picked it up at the foot of the ladder.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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Transported for seven years </rs>
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