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<p n="374">he had been Robbed by three Men one of whom he sayd<lb></lb>
was a Fall Man with a large Flapped Hatt Armed with<lb></lb>
a Cutlass the other Two Shorter each of them apsotal<lb></lb>
and that one of them had either a Neck cloth or a large<lb></lb>
Handkerchief over a Neck cloth remd his Neck upon<lb></lb>
which this Informant went to his fellow Servant<lb></lb>
the other Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-1">Richard Dignam</rs>
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& told him of it<lb></lb>
and they went out together in pursuit of them &<del>about</del>
<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
at a Small distance from the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo216">New River head</rs>
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which<lb></lb>
is bricked in he saw three Men coming on towards Town<lb></lb>
and when he came up to them<del>her said</del>
the two persons now<lb></lb>
present who call themselves <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-2">John Brown</rs>
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& Thomas Tree<lb></lb>
were first and the person now present who call<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
himself<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-3">Thomas Pinckston</rs>
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was behind & this Informant came on<lb></lb>
with Pinkston Brown & Free & Richard Digman the<lb></lb>
other Informant followed at a little Distance and they<lb></lb>
came on together untill they came to a place called Feather<lb></lb>
Bed Lane near <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo217">the Pantheon</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo218">Spa Fields</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo219">Islington</rs>
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<lb></lb>
when he saw the other Informants <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-4">Richard Dignam</rs>
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<lb></lb>
& <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-5">John Kipping</rs>
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following him that Dignam passed<lb></lb>
this Informant & he saw him seize hold of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-6">John Brown</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45023_n374-6" type="surname" value="Brown"></interp>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-7">Thomas Free</rs>
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& this Informant then<lb></lb>
Siezed held of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-8">Thomas Pinckston</rs>
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and this Informant<lb></lb>
whole Dignam had hold of Brown saw his throw a<lb></lb>
Pistol from him & saw <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-9">Thomas Free</rs>
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throw another<lb></lb>
Pistol pen him & whilst that said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n374-10">Thomas Pinckston</rs>
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<lb></lb>
was in this Informants Custody he Dropped the Cutlass<lb></lb>
now produced at his feet & after they had second the<lb></lb>
said three Men he went to look for the pistols &<lb></lb>
found One of them now produced within Twenty Yards<lb></lb>
of the Place where they were taken Broke as he apprentice<lb></lb>
by the fall</p>
<p n="375">And this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n375-1">Richard Dignam</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
saith that he is a Servant at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo220">Clerkenwell Bridewell</rs>
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<lb></lb>
that bet 8. & 9 o Clock on Sunday Night last the<lb></lb>
Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n375-2">John Dixon</rs>
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Informed him<del>that a Robbery<lb></lb>
of the</del>
above Robbery & they agreed to go in search of the</p>
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