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A particular Account of some Robberies committed by
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Benjamin Chamberlain
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Henry Webb
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, and their Companions, in and about
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, &c. for some Time past.
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THE Acquaintance of these Rogues commenced from their being Pickpockets together, and notorious ones they were in that Way, having been frequently taken up and committed to
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on that Account; and several of them have been tried at the
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, but had the good Luck to escape with only some slight Punishment, 'till at Length they agreed to turn out together in a higher Sphere of Life, and accordingly commenced Footpads or Street Robbers; and having provided themselves with proper Weapons, they ranged the Streets to meet their Prey, and several were the Victims that fell to their Lot. They committed a great Number of Robberies together, of which the following are only a Part, as taken from their own Mouths.
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They generally set out together pretty late in the Evening, after having sufficiently warm'd themselves with Gin, of which pernicious Liquor, according to their own Accounts, they drank large Quantities, hardly missing a Gin-Shop in their Walks; so that they were always ripe for any Mischief.
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The Robberies on which they were convicted, were those on Mr.
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