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MARY BURGESS <interp inst="t17920912-18-defend205" type="surname" value="BURGESS"></interp>
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returning from transportation, and being found at large before the expiration of the time for which she was transported, against the statute </rs>
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Thomas Shelton <interp inst="t17920912-18-person206" type="surname" value="Shelton"></interp>
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, Esq. clerk of arraigns.)</p>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I know the prisoner, I was present when she was tried in October, 1787, for stealing goods of Mr. Jackson, and was capitally convicted; in June, 1789, she received the King's pardon, on condition of being transported for seven years; I delivered her on board the Lady Juliana; she escaped soon after from the ship in Long Reach.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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Death </rs>
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<p>Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.</p>
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