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1777. Sessions. [Wednesday] Dec. 10.

It was not more than three days. Wednesday night I discover’d the things, I shew’d them to Rotton, and to the Tanadar. Jagernaut was seized that night by my discovery. I was seized about the Brass Plate. I went and told the woman to whom the plate belong’d because she was my friend. The Shop was Jaggernaut’s. Shorrup and the Prisoner were partner’s I was Servant to both, the Trade was exchange of Cowries. Cheeta bought the Brass Platter. He bought it the same Wednesday night. His expences were exorbitant, the profits of the Shop were not Ten Rupees a month. He spent an hundred and Seventy five Rupees a Month, and he lost at Gaming I often heard of that I never heard of his Winning. Once I saw him lose Silver angle Rings belonging to his Concubine, that wed 30 Rs. I did not know he was theif, but I did not know how he got this money. Rotton pawn’d Jewels at the Shop, He took them away from us and pawn’d them, and lost the money at Gaming, he took away the Stock of the Shop and lost it. This I heard. It was Seven days before he was seized that he took away the Stock of the Shop, and
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