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of men to swear that he'd been at his shop all 

 the morning. 



All this occurred on the day after Nash was 

 tried and convicted, and Harding was a leader 

 of the roughs who waited outside the court to 

 make a demonstration, if Nash had got off. 



Harding was summoned but, the night before 

 the day of his trial, they had a ''' free and easy " 

 with one-eyed Sally. They cooked her, and 

 made a supper off her at a beerhouse, and all 

 the guests pronounced her to be beautiful 

 eating. After having devoured poor Sarah, 

 they fell to drinking beer, and this so warmed 

 the cockles of their hearts that they made a 

 collection for Dabber, who collared the offertory, 

 took his hook next morning, and failed to 

 answer to his summons. The day before I 

 caught him he was waiting outside the court, 

 hat in hand, ready to throw it in the air and 

 cheer lustily, if Nash got off— such is life ! 

 Mr. Fuller gave me ten shillings for catching 

 Dabber, with which I was well pleased, and 

 praised me warmly for my shrewdness, with 

 which I was still better pleased. 



