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5th December 1771 - 16th December 1772

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Middlesex To wit

The Information of Henry Crosby< no role >
taken before me this 27th. day of
April 1772

Who being upon Oath says he knows George Sweetman< no role > Samuel Male< no role >
William Godlington< no role > and John Sunderland< no role > and William Groves< no role > , that
last Night the said Samuel Male< no role > William Groves< no role > and this Informant
robbed some Gentlemen in a Chariot on the New Road near the Bottom
of Gray's Inn Lane of a Gold Watch three Guineas and a half and
a Pistol that the said Samuel Male< no role > carried their Arms to his Lodgings
and then went with the said Groves to the Black horse in Black horse
Alley and this Informant followed there, that the said Groves produced
the said Gold Watch there and afterwards went away with it, that the
said Groves the said Samuel Male< no role > and this Informant were in Company
together at the Green Man in Purlpool Lane a very short time before
the said Robbery; that on Friday Night last the said Samuel Male< no role >
William Godlington< no role > , William Groves< no role > and this Informant robbed a
Coach on the Hampstead Road a little beyond the Crown that they
took a Silver Watch from the Coachman on the Box and some
Money & Purses from the Gentleman & Lady in the Coach [..]
[..]
[..] , that
they were all four in Company together at the Green Man aforesaid
a little before they committed the last mentioned Robbery; that
on Thursday Night last the said Samuel Male< no role > William Godlington< no role >
William Groves< no role > and This Informant robbed a Lady in a
Coach near the same place of five or 6 foreign silver pieces
& 2 Six pences & a Shilling that william Godlington< no role > disposed
of the said foreign Silver pieces that they were all four together
at the Green Man aforesaid both before & after Committing
the last mentioned Robbery; that on Tuesday Hight last or Wednesday Night the
said George Sweet< no role > man William Groves< no role > William Godlington< no role >
Samuel Male< no role > and this Informant stopped a Stage Coach
between Islington & Goswell Street and robbed the Passengers
of about six and twenty Shillings, that they all went




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