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The Information of
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Who being on Oath says on Sunday Evening the fifth of
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August instant about a quarter past nine o Clock, as
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he was coming to Town on Horseback, he was stopped by
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three Men about thirty Yards beyond the Halfway House
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Men came up on the right side of his Horse with either
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a Cutlass or Hanger in his hand, and demanded his Watch
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now present stood at about the distance of
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Six or seven Yards, but did not speak. That upon this
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Sworn before us this
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29th. day of August 1781}
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