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| | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 |
 | | Joseph Reeves, John Scoon, alias Spooner, alias Crow, Ann Thatcher, Mary Thatcher, and Mary Coats, of St. Giles Cripplegate, were indicted, Reeves and Scoon, for feloniously stealing 16 Shirts, Smocks, and other Linnen, to the value of 4 l. |
 | | Ann Godfrey depos'd, that about 11 at Night she left the Linnen hanging to dry on the Leads, and at 4 the next Morning they were gone. |
 | | Willis the Constable depos'd, that he apprehended Scoon, who carried him to Daniel Farmer 's, a Broker in Chick Lane, and to other places, where they found most of the Linnen again, which was produced in Court. |
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