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<p n="1644"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo1157">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n1644-1">John Andrew<lb></lb>
Hoffman</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n1644-2">Charles Grubb</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n1644-3">John Dixon</rs>
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taken before Us<lb></lb>
of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ406">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said County</p>
<p n="1645">Who being severally upon Oath say And first<lb></lb>
this Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45026_n1645-1">John Andrew Hoffman</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
saith that he is a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ407">Musician</rs>
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in the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45026_occ408">Yorkshire light<lb></lb>
Dragoons</rs>
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and on Friday the 12th. of July last between<lb></lb>
Eleven & twelve oClock at Night as he was going<lb></lb>
home to his Quarters at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo1158">Putney</rs>
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in an Hackney<lb></lb>
Coach on the Brompton Road the Coach was<lb></lb>
Stopped by three Footpads two of them came One<lb></lb>
to the Doors on each side they Opened the Doors and<lb></lb>
hollowed out Money this Informant told them he<lb></lb>
had none they attempted to search this Informant<lb></lb>
but he would not let them he then forced himself out<lb></lb>
of the Coach and they beat him very much with<lb></lb>
their Sticks. this Informant drew his Hanger<lb></lb>
and Struck at them they at last overpowered him<lb></lb>
and Robbed him of a Silver Watch, with a Steel<lb></lb>
Chain and a Cornelian Seal set in pinch beck<lb></lb>
and Seven Guineas in Gold and after that they<lb></lb>
took his Hanger from him and Cut him about<lb></lb>
the Head & Shoulders very much & stabbed him<lb></lb>
in his Right side then went away & left this<lb></lb>
Informant who made the best of his way to<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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a Public House at Knight<obscured></obscured>
from whence he was sent<lb></lb>
to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45026_geo1159">Hyde Park</rs>
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Hospital And this Informant<lb></lb>
further saith that from the Size and appearance</p>
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