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4th. day of June 1753
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This Informant upon his Oath Saith That on the Second
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of June instant between the House of Eleven and Twelve at Night
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as he was going up
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he was accosted by a Bason who
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alls herself
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who asked this Informant to go along
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with her Upon which this Informant Consented and they went
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up a Court and as they were talking together he this Informant
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in his Pockett and
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feloniously and privately
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took from his Person Eight Shillings in Moneys numbred the
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Sworn the Day and Yor
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above said Before me}
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