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<p>29.
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<p>The prosecutor slept with the prisoner and two other men; and he marked a half-crown,
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<p>Serjeant Wiredrawer gave the prisoner a good character.</p>
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<p>Tried by the second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice BULLER.</p> </div1></div0>
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