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8th December 1753 - 24th October 1757

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Image 71 of 15922nd July 1754


& Handy attached two Gentlemen a [..]
9 in the Evening wth instent to rob [..]
& upon their making remitance Handy fire
his pistol & Longley attempted to fire his
but it missing fire, they all three run
away & the Gentlemen pursued [..] for
some little time & an accot. of it was
advertized in a day or two after in the
Publick Papers, That abt. 6 Weeks
agotheyhe this Informant & the sd.
Handy also robbed a Gentleman abt.
9 o' Clock in the Evening of 3s / 6d between
in the foot way between St. John
Street and Islingtonthat about
3 or 4 weeks ago they all three abt.
9 o'Clock at night robbed an old Gentle-
man dressed in black in Haggerston
Fields me as Hackney of 6d & Copper
Pocket Piece with the Device of the
Spead Eagh on one side & abt. an
hour aforsd. the same Evening they
robbed a Well dressed Gentleman in
a Field near Kingsland of a Guin a [..]




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