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1783

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Eighth

That this Examinant, the said John Fentum< no role > , Benjamin Fentum< no role > and
one Peter Sampson< no role > stopt a man at a place called Britania row near
the Swan in Hox Cowfields on Saturday night the seventeenth day of
May Instant between Nine and Ten O'Clock with an intent to Rob him
but the man making a [..] resistance they run away without
robbing him.

Ninth

That this Examinant, and the said John Fentum< no role > , Benjamin Fentum< no role > ,
and Peter Sampson< no role > , stopt a Man an foot on Saturday night the seventeenth of
May Instant between Two and three O'Clock in the Morning in the road
going from Shoreditch to Hackney between the Nags head and Hackney
Turnpike and robbed him of Two half Crowns and two shillings in silver
and two hatts, a silver Stock buckle a Pocket Handkerchief and a pair
of Metal Buckles.

Tenth

That this Examinant, and the said John Howard< no role > , John Rawlins< no role >
and John Edwards< no role > stopt a man in Britania Row Hoxton on the
ninth day of May Instant about Ten O'Clock at night and Robbed
him of a Silver Watch, a Pair of Silver shoe Buckles and a pair of
Silver Knee Buckles, half a Guinea in Gold and some Silver

Eleventh

That this Examinant, [..] and the said John Howard< no role > , John [..]
Edwards
< no role > , Bushell, and John Rawlins< no role > stopt a Man on Monday
the Twelfth day of May Instant about Ten O'Clock at
night in a field near the Shoulder of Mutton and Cat in
the Parish of Saint John Hackney and robbed him of Three
shillings and Six Pence.

And This Informant further Saith That in General the
money which they took from the persons they Robbed was
divided amongst the persons concerned in the Robbery, and at
other times the property, not being money, was valued at a
certain sum and either of the partys concerned in the Robbery
bought the same at such Price as the same was Valued at
and then paid the others their respective shares thereof

And this Informant further Saith That the pair of Plated
Buckles [..] above fifthly mentioned to have been stolen
from the man in Batemans row was Husseled for in a hat believes
the partys concerned in that robbery was got by this Informant
and are the same now produced by Samuel Yardley< no role > the Officer.

And this Informant further Saith That the Silver Watch and
a Pair of Silver Knee Buckles now produced by the said Samuel
Yardley
< no role > are the same which were stolen from the Man and
woman on the Sunday might the Eleventh of May as sixthly
above mentioned. And this Informant further Saith that the
Two Hats and the Stone Stock buckle now produced by the said
Samuel Yardley< no role > are the same which were stolen on Saturday night




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