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liquor, and the prisoner, seeing a crowd gathering about the door, said “I did not steal the liquor, I purchased it from the french man”. & from I understood he meant a frenchman. I then went immediately to Mr. Motte. This was about 7 in the morning.
Mr. Motte granted me 4 or 5 badged Chokydars, who seized the prisoner and Venerone, but not a woman named [ILL] who was in the house. And I took four bottles one of the Madeira one of Claret, one of pert & one of Arrack to Mr. Motte