Thief imagines that group of people in street are talking and laughing at him; he confesses

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Thief imagines that group of people in street are talking and laughing at him; he confesses.

Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · Crime inevitably comes to light. · view the constellation · filed as N275.4

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U.S.Baughman.

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Filed under Criminal confesses because he thinks himself accused.

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Criminal confesses because of misunderstood animal cries Criminal confesses because of misunderstanding of a dialect Detection by accidental remark. Wife misunderstands husband's remark and confesses Criminal in church mistakes words of service as accusation. (Cf. Type 1833.)

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