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was indicted for
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, one quart pewter pot, value 1 s.
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JAMES ELLY sworn.
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I was going down Queen-street, I saw the prisoner take a pint pot off the strap in
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(A quart pot produced, and deposed to by Mr. Elly.)
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Court.
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the name on the quart pot? -
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Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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