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<interp inst="t18290716-123-person1002" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> . I searched the prisoner's house, and found this handkerchief.(Property produced and sworn to.)</p>
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<interp inst="t18290716-123-person1003" type="gender" value="female"/> </persName> . I live with my mother - I went with the prisoner to the Blind Beggar, on the 23d of June; she said to me, "Bring the bundle, Betsey, and let us go;" I took the bundle, and gave it to Mrs. Robinson- the prisoner was inside when I took it, and I am sure she told me to take it.</p>
<p>Prisoner. It was Mrs. Robinson told you to take it, you know that well; I live in your mother's house. Witness. You lived at my mother's, and it was you told me to take it.</p>
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<p>Prisoner's Defence. It was another person told her to take it: I do not know who put the handkerchief in my yard.</p>
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<p>1497.
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<interp inst="t18290716-123-person1003" type="gender" value="female"/> </persName> . I live with my mother - I went with the prisoner to the Blind Beggar, on the 23d of June; she said to me, "Bring the bundle, Betsey, and let us go;" I took the bundle, and gave it to Mrs. Robinson- the prisoner was inside when I took it, and I am sure she told me to take it.</p>
<p>Prisoner. It was Mrs. Robinson told you to take it, you know that well; I live in your mother's house. Witness. You lived at my mother's, and it was you told me to take it.</p>
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<p>Prisoner's Defence. It was another person told her to take it: I do not know who put the handkerchief in my yard.</p>
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