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A fifth Count, for feloniously breaking, ripping and cutting the said lead, the property of Peter William Baker, Esq; and affixed to a building of his, with intent to steal it.
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Prisoner. I own I am guilty in taking the lead, but not in cutting it; I am a very poor lad, a
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Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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