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<persName id="t17260420-65-defend371" type="defendantName"> William Griffin
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<interp inst="t17260420-65-person374" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> , (who is since absconded,) were Lodgers for near 2 Years at Clap's House. I went up stairs, while the Prisoner was a Bed, and there he committed the Act with me.
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