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the goods of
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I know the prisoner at the bar; I am an hackney coachman; I saw the prisoner go to this
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's coach, and I saw him open the door and take the coat out, and I followed the coach up the rank, the coach was in the rank; I went and informed the coachman, Palmer, of it, he was not in the house; I told the waterman of it, and he went to his yard to tell him of it; I am sure of that is the man that took it.
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I am constable of St. James's, Clerken-well; I had information that the prisoner had stole this coat; I apprehended him, but never saw the coat, and Mr. Palmer came down to Hatton-garden office, and swore to his losing a coat; Palmer presented the bill on Monday, and since then he has gone down into Scotland.
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Q. To Price. Whose coach was it? - Mr. Harriott's, of Snug-lane.
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Q. How did you know this was Palmer's coat? - Because he told me so.
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Q. Did you ever see him wear it? - No, I did not.
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Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice HEATH.
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