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<interp inst="t17530221-44-person373" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> . I was charged with the prisoner, who said, going along, it was the first time he ever had done such a thing.</p>
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<interp inst="t17530221-44-person374" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> . About six o'clock the boy called out in his smack, stop thief! saying, he'd give any body a shilling to stop that man, for he had ran away with his brother's cloaths. The prisoner was running over the vessels, and I saw him drop the cloaths about two vessels from the prosecutor's vessel; we took hold of him, and he said he was only playing the rogue. The coat and jacket were produced in court, and deposed to.</p>
<p>Prisoner. I was going to sea, or I had not taken them.</p>
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<note>[Transportation. See summary.]</note> </rs> </p> </div1></div0>
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<p>Prisoner. I was going to sea, or I had not taken them.</p>
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<note>[Transportation. See summary.]</note> </rs> </p> </div1></div0>
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