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Old and New London
… offers a reward of two guineas for the detection of a thief who had mischievously cut down and carried off one of …
Old and New London
… of a devil carrying off the soul of the impenitent thief, and an angel performing the same office for that of …
Old and New London
… young and old, and in their ordinary costume; the low thief in his filth and rags, and the member of the swell-mob …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… way because of its strength, making the job of the snatch thief harder, but also for its ornamental appearance. It is …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… stolen with the rest. Whether it was want or curiosity, a thief or a spy, I cannot tell; but certain I am, neither will …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… the sole difference 'twixt you and me; you are the great thief, and I am but the little one. Doe violence to no man, … of God's curses shall overtake the family of that great thief there; he that rob'd us of the benefit of our praiers, …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… his men, being sent with swords and staves as against a thief, and they never lest till they haled and hurried me …
Registrum Statutorum et Consuetudinum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Sancti Pauli Londiniensis
… liberty granted unto lords of certain manors to judge any thief taken within their fee." Cowel. "Grithbreche (pacis … liberty granted to a man whereby he is quit of a Felon or Thief, hanged without judgment, or escaped out of custody. …
Middlesex county records
… to repair bridges 2 Constable " " neglecting to pursue a thief 1 Parish " " neglecting to have stocks, cage and buttes …
Middlesex county records
… "domum fregit" of the indictment meant more than that the thief had merely entered the dwelling from which he was said …