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Knight one of his Majestys
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this 21st. Day of April 1788
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Who being upon Oath say And first the said
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for herself says that on Saturday last about Nine
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o' Clock at Night Two Men now present who calls
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themselves
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came into her shop in Russell Court aforesaid
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when the said
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asked this Deponent
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if she had a Second Hand Shirt to sell, to which
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she answered Yes, she asked who it was for and
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Fletcher said it was for himself, upon which she told
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him her Linen was very large and not fit for him,
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upon he desired her to shew him what shirts she had
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this she refused to do, upon which the said
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laid hold of a Silk Gown (now produced)
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it down and ran away with it, and the said
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also ran away with the said
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for himself
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saith that soon after the above Robbery he received
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Information that three Men who were supposed to
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have committed the same, were gone into a Court
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in
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call'd Nags head Court, that he went
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into a house there kept by Mrs. Murphy and in
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(and who is now present) and under the Arm
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