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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner.</hi> You gave it me pawn; I gave you 9
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<hi rend="italic">Witness.</hi> I deny it—I did not give it you to pawn.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">police-constable L</hi> 105.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction at Newington, by the name of Mary Ann Harding—(
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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner.</hi> You gave it me pawn; I gave you 9
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