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<interp inst="t17670218-17-person156" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> . I keep a broker's shop in Ratcliffe-highway; the prisoner brought a bed, three blankets, and a rug to me, and said he was come from Russia, and that his name was Stewart; I bought them of him; after that, Mr. Mitchel and others came with a search-warrant for them, and I delivered them to him directly, and told him who I bought them of.</p>
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<persName id="t17670218-17-person158"> Matthew Chesham
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<p>Prisoner. I did take the things out of the ship.</p>
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<p>There was another indictment against him.</p> </div1></div0>
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<p>Prisoner. I did take the things out of the ship.</p>
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<p>There was another indictment against him.</p> </div1></div0>
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