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he had been Robbed by three Men one of whom he sayd
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was a Fall Man with a large Flapped Hatt Armed with
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a Cutlass the other Two Shorter each of them apsotal
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and that one of them had either a Neck cloth or a large
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which this Informant went to his fellow Servant
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the other Informant
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Richard Dignam
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New River head
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which
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is bricked in he saw three Men coming on towards Town
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the two persons now
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& Thomas Tree
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were first and the person now present who call
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was behind & this Informant came on
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with Pinkston Brown & Free & Richard Digman the
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other Informant followed at a little Distance and they
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came on together untill they came to a place called Feather
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following him that Dignam passed
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this Informant & he saw him seize hold of the said
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& this Informant then
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Siezed held of
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and this Informant
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whole Dignam had hold of Brown saw his throw a
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Pistol from him & saw
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throw another
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was in this Informants Custody he Dropped the Cutlass
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now produced at his feet & after they had second the
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said three Men he went to look for the pistols &
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found One of them now produced within Twenty Yards
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of the Place where they were taken Broke as he apprentice
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by the fall
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for himself
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saith that he is a Servant at
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that bet 8. & 9 o Clock on Sunday Night last the
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Informed him
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that a Robbery
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of the
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above Robbery & they agreed to go in search of the
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