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sight, and I knew his name was José Pedro. I do not know what his business is. I do not know that he is a Seaman. I had my Purse in my Hand, it drop’d down. I had no pocket – I pick’d it up, there were forty Rupees in it. It was a silk purse tied with a string. As I had my hand in my breast he made a snatch at my Hand. The street was not very dark, it was Moonlight. He cut me nigh the thumb, and he
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