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, about the hour of two in the night, on the
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as a principal, and also against Ann Byron, as a receiver, which bill was found, and they were accordingly put to the bar to take their trials.
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feloniously receiving eleven pair of leather shoes, value 22 s. parcel of the said goods, knowing them to have been stolen
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I lost fifteen pair of leather shoes, the 15th of September: I am a
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: I lost them from my shop: they were there when I went to bed at one o'clock at night, in the front of the windows; I missed them at six the next morning; I found them at Mr. and Mrs. Byron's house, concealed under their bed, on the Monday following, two days after: Byron, the man, did not work with me; I know nothing of the taking them by the two prisoners, Roberts and Burgess: Mrs. Byron and her husband lived together; I saw Mr. Byron here to day.
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I work for the prosecutor, and these are some of my work.
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I work for the prosecutor also: I know the shoes.
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I am the officer that had the search warrant. I produce the shoes; I found them in the woman's room; she shewed me the shoes directly.
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Court. There is no evidence.
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ALL THREE
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Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr.
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