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<interp inst="t16910218-24-victim88" type="gender" value="female"/> </persName> </rs>, and taking away a great deal of Plate. The Witness was, That the Prisoner was heard to confess, that the Murther was contrived a Fortnight before it was done, and that he offered the Plate to sale a Goldsmiths, and that he was a Servant to the Person that kept the House, &c. The Prisoner said, That the other two Persons set him to watch at the door while they Robbed the House, but he knew nothing of the Murther; yet in the Conclusion, he was found
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