Middlesex
to Wit
The Information of
Abraham Dyson< no role >
of Castle
Street
Holborn
Gentleman
John Robins< no role >
of
Chancery Lane
Upholsterer
Mary Robins< no role >
and
Margt< no role >
: the Wife
of
the said
John Robins< no role >
Abraham Dyson< no role >
taken
before in this 26th. day of August 1786
Who being upon Oath say, and first the said Abraham Dyson< no role >
says that on Thursday Night last as he was coming in a
back from Watford
to London (in company with his Wife
and said Mr. John Robins< no role >
and Mrs. Robbins) they
were attacked and robbed by three Footpads [..]
near the six Mile stone-That two of said Footpads
presented a Pistol each & demanded their Money and
Watches-That Informant give them about thirty
five Shillings inWatchmoney and a Metal Watch in
a Tortoiseshill Case makers name Richard Jackson< no role >
London No. 2168 with a steel Chain and one
Steel Seal with a Cypher A. D-upon it-That he
is very sure that the Watch and the Chain and Seal now produced [..]
are the same that he was robbed of as aforesaid
And the said John Robbins< no role >
for himself says that he was
in Company with the Said Abraham Dyson< no role >
as
aforesaid and that the said three Footpads robbed
him of about ten Shillings in Silver and a Memorandum
Book-And the said Mary Robbins< no role >
for herself says that She
was in the Coach at the time abovementioned &abthat
the said Footpads took from her a striped silk purse
containing a french Crown and a Dollar, a black Mode
Cloak trimmed with lace and a white Linen Handkerchief
with a redborder-And further saith that the striped silk
purse, the black Mode Cloak, the white Linen Handkerchief