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SAMUEL STEEL <interp inst="t17880109-17-defend178" type="surname" value="STEEL"></interp>
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(a <rs id="t17880109-17-deflabel80" type="occupation">Black</rs>
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stealing, on the <rs id="t17880109-17-cd82" type="crimeDate">20th of December</rs>
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last, three pounds weight of cotton, value 5 s. </rs>
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George Hias Street <interp inst="t17880109-17-victim179" type="surname" value="Street"></interp>
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William Harper <interp inst="t17880109-17-victim181" type="surname" value="Harper"></interp>
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<p>The prisoner was taken with the cotton.</p>
<p>Prisoner. I am a poor man, and belong to the sea; I was out of work and very hungry, and I saw the cotton lay, and I picked it up to get me two or three half-pence; I never did so before.</p>
<p>Court. How old are you? - I do not know.</p>
<p>Where do you come from? - From America.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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<p>Court. It will be mercy to the prisoner to let him be</p>
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Transported for seven years </rs>
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<p>Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.</p>
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