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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner. Q.</hi> Did you ever see me before?
<hi rend="italic">A.</hi> No; but I know that you and your friend, John Roland, were in my yard on Boxing Day—I have had a note from Roland's father and mother, saying that if I looked after you I should find the barrow, and that I should find it at Croydon—I have had a fortnight's trouble about it, and I have walked one hundred miles after it—I do not know where Roland is.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner. Q.</hi> Did not you state at Croydon that you paid John Roland the money?
<hi rend="italic">A.</hi> No; I was not asked—I did state at Deptford that I did not know which of you I paid it to, but I am since of opinion that I gave the money into your hands, because the other man was in the road.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">Policeman W</hi>). I took the prisoner on 5th January, and charged him with stealing a barrow—he said, "Harry Marion has got the barrow; I was over at Deptford on Boxing Day with John Roland, and the barrow was sold—I thought it belonged to John Roland.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner's Defence.</hi> I was tried for this at Croydon, and got acauitted. I have no previous convictions against me. I saw Roland with the barrow, and thought it was his.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner. Q.</hi> Did you ever see me before?
<hi rend="italic">A.</hi> No; but I know that you and your friend, John Roland, were in my yard on Boxing Day—I have had a note from Roland's father and mother, saying that if I looked after you I should find the barrow, and that I should find it at Croydon—I have had a fortnight's trouble about it, and I have walked one hundred miles after it—I do not know where Roland is.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner. Q.</hi> Did not you state at Croydon that you paid John Roland the money?
<hi rend="italic">A.</hi> No; I was not asked—I did state at Deptford that I did not know which of you I paid it to, but I am since of opinion that I gave the money into your hands, because the other man was in the road.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">Prisoner's Defence.</hi> I was tried for this at Croydon, and got acauitted. I have no previous convictions against me. I saw Roland with the barrow, and thought it was his.</p>
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