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Eighth
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That this Examinant, the said
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one
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Peter Sampson
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stopt a man at a place called Britania row near
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the
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Swan in Hox Cowfields
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on Saturday night the seventeenth day of
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May Instant between Nine and Ten O'Clock with an intent to Rob him
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but the man making a
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resistance they run away without
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robbing him.
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Ninth
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That this Examinant, and the said
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John Fentum
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Benjamin Fentum
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,
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and
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Peter Sampson
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, stopt a Man an foot on Saturday night the seventeenth of
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May Instant between Two and three O'Clock in the Morning in the road
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going from
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Shoreditch
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to Hackney between the
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Nags head
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Hackney
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Turnpike
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and robbed him of Two half Crowns and two shillings in silver
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and two hatts, a silver Stock buckle a Pocket Handkerchief and a pair
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of Metal Buckles.
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Tenth
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That this Examinant, and the said
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John Howard
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John Rawlins
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and
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John Edwards
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stopt a man in Britania Row Hoxton on the
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ninth day of May Instant about Ten O'Clock at night and Robbed
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him of a Silver Watch, a Pair of Silver shoe Buckles and a pair of
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Silver Knee Buckles, half a Guinea in Gold and some Silver
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Eleventh
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That this Examinant,
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and the said
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John Howard
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John
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Edwards
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, Bushell, and
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John Rawlins
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stopt a Man on Monday
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the Twelfth day of May Instant about Ten O'Clock at
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night in a field near the Shoulder of Mutton and Cat in
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the Parish of
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Saint John Hackney
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and robbed him of Three
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shillings and Six Pence.
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And This Informant further Saith That in General the
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money which they took from the persons they Robbed was
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divided amongst the persons concerned in the Robbery, and at
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other times the property, not being money, was valued at a
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certain sum and either of the partys concerned in the Robbery
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bought the same at such Price as the same was Valued at
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and then paid the others their respective shares thereof
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And this Informant further Saith That the pair of Plated
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Buckles
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above fifthly mentioned to have been stolen
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from the man in Batemans row was Husseled for in a hat believes
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the partys concerned in that robbery was got by this Informant
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and are the same now produced by
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Samuel Yardley
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the Officer.
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And this Informant further Saith That the Silver Watch and
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a Pair of Silver Knee Buckles now produced by the said
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Samuel
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Yardley
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are the same which were stolen from the Man and
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woman on the Sunday might the Eleventh of May as sixthly
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above mentioned. And this Informant further Saith that the
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Two Hats and the Stone Stock buckle now produced by the said
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Samuel Yardley
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are the same which were stolen on Saturday night
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