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Rolling a washerwoman.

--A negro follow called Joe, slave to Robert Oliver, was arrested at an early hour yesterday morning for having in his possession eleven wet sheets, and a bundle of fags, which he had evidently stolen from some hospital or washerwoman. After a variety of stories as to how he got possession of them, the Mayor continued his examination till this morning, to enable the officers to discover the owner.

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