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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner's Defence.</hi> I am an artist, and came to London about three weeks ago. On the day in question I met a Jew on Tower-hill, with a lot of clothes; he asked me to buy a coat, and I bought this one of him for 15
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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner's Defence.</hi> I am an artist, and came to London about three weeks ago. On the day in question I met a Jew on Tower-hill, with a lot of clothes; he asked me to buy a coat, and I bought this one of him for 15
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