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<hi rend="italic">Chapman.</hi> I was with no Woman.
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<hi rend="italic">Clements.</hi> I was not with the boy.
<hi rend="italic">Witness.</hi> Yes—she was not taken for two days after, when I was before the Lord Mayor, I went down, and saw her and another girl walking off—I laid bold of them both.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">Chapman.</hi> I was going along, and two women began to show me the handkerchief, but not this woman.</p>
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