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Middlesex to Wit


The Information of William Frost< no role > of Harrow [..] Weald
Common in the said County Labourer taken before
me this 16th,, day of April 1788

Who being upon hath saith says that this morning about
four o'Clock as this Informant and his Wife and Daughter were
riding in a Cart on the Edgware Road near the 4 Mile Stone they
were stopped by three footpads armed with Pistols - that they
robbed this Informant of one Guinea & six or Seven Shillings and
further says that he is very sun that three persons now present
who call themselves John Wood< no role > , William Fubbs< no role > and John
Coberoft
< no role > are the three Footpads that so robbed him as afore=
=said and further that the said Coberoft is the Man that held his Hat
over his Eyes That Wood is the [..] Man that robbed them &histhat Fubbs
held the Horse

Sworn before me this
16th. April 1788}

N Bond

William [mark] Frost< no role >
Mark

Middlesex to Wit.


The Information of Sarah< no role > the Wife of the said
William Frost< no role > taken before me this 16th. day
of April 1788

Who being upon Oath saith that this Morning about
four o'Clock as this Informant and her said Husband and
Daughter were riding in said Cart on said Edgware Road
she was robbed of three pence amount which was one bad half penny and a thimble by the Same
three footpads, and further says that she is very sure
that the said John Cobcroft< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. is one of said Footpadsand
and the Man who first demanded their Moneythat the doth verily believesthat the said William Fubbs< no role >
is the Man who held the Horse and that the said John Wood< no role > is the Manis another of the said Footpads that so robbed her and
her The Husband as aforesaid
who robbed them

Sworn before me this
16th, day of April 1788 }

N Bond< no role >

her
Sarah [mark] Frost< no role >
Mark




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