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<hi rend="italic">Cross-examined by the Prisoner.</hi> I told you I was a clerk out of employ, but that was to put you off your guard.</p>
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<hi rend="italic">Cross-examined by the Prisoner.</hi> I told you I was a clerk out of employ, but that was to put you off your guard.</p>
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