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stealing, on the <rs id="t17900113-94-cd494" type="crimeDate">11th of January</rs>
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, four pounds weight of cotton, value 3 s. </rs>
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Walter Miller <interp inst="t17900113-94-victim889" type="surname" value="Miller"></interp>
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<p>(The case opened by Mr. Knowlys.)</p>
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HENRY JORDAN <interp inst="t17900113-94-person890" type="surname" value="JORDAN"></interp>
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sworn.</p>
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Walter Miller <interp inst="t17900113-94-person891" type="surname" value="Miller"></interp>
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, before you come to Lady Parsons's stairs, called Miller's wharf: I had been shutting up the counting-house windows, between five and six at night, upon the wharf, coming back, with a lanthorn in my hand, I saw the prisoner standing<xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="179001130092"></xptr>
with a cotton bag; he seeing me, came from the end of the bag, and out of his apron dropped two pieces of cotton; I asked him what he had there; he ran away; (I had shut up the premises half an hour before, but there was a little wicket to come in at) I pursed him with the lanthorn; I never lost sight of him; he was taken in a hundred yards; I saw the bag fifteen minutes before whole; after I shut up the premises the bag was cut; when I took the prisoner there were about four pounds taken out.</p>
<p>(The cotton produced, and compared with a sample.)</p>
<p>Prisoner. I never touched the cotton.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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Transported for seven years </rs>
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