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upon her oath
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on Monday the 13th. instant put forty pounds in money
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under butter placed in a flatt Sent from Shilsoe aforesd by ye waggon
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belonging to her husband directed for Mr White and She saw the Flatt
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in to or heare
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London and he &
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say they unloaded the said wagon & the said Daniell
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Pettit sayes he is usually employed to carry the butter from ye place
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where ye Waggon unleads to a Stall
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the booke keeper usually attends to See the goods
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delivered & Saith that whilst he was carrying Some of ye goods from
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the wagon to the sd. they or Shall he met
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ye prisoner
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now present carrying a flat of butter which he believes was to
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the sd. Stall or Shop & carryed to Mr White but without any delivery or
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and this Dept. Pettit sayes that by Wm. Bests
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ordr. he went to Mrs Whites & Searcht ye flatt of butter bat could
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not find any money therein and the said Anne Best alsoe
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Severally say That they doe Suspect that the sd Wm
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Harvey Stole the sd. money he this Dept. White haveing lately before
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forbidden him to middle with any butter Sent by the sd. wagon
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till it was delivd. to him, and the sd
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Severally oath for himself Saith That he did not
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June 1737
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