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before one August 13. 1768
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Who being upon Oath says that about 4 o' Clock last Thursday
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into his Work Shop where they both staid some time
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Silver Watch Maker's Name
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was to fetch away and pay for the day following,
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that this Informant went out of the said Work Shop having left the
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said Watch and a Steel Watch Chain upon the Bench, that the
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said John Farrar immediatly followed him and went away,
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that about a quarter of an hour afterwards he this Informant went
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again into the said Work Shop and then perceived that the said
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Watch was stolen, and this Informant further says that he does
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verily believe that the Said John Farrar stolen the said Watch
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as no person was in the Kitchen through which the Way into the said
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no person could go into the said Work Shop without being seen
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Sworn before me
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August 13th. 1768}
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