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The Examination of
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charged with Highway Robbery by
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of the Parish of Saint,
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in
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the C ounty of
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Coachman
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; and taken before me Sir
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Sampson Wright
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one of his MAJESTY'S
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Justices of the Peace
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for the
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County of Middlesex
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this 20th. Day of June
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17 83
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Who confesseth that on Monday Evening last between five and
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Seven o'Clock
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William Warbois
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now present called on this Examinant
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at the Mitre in
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Johnson's Court
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where they drank four pints
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of Porter. That they went from thence a little after Seven
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o'Clock to the
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in Tothill Street where they
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met
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Abraham Brereley
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now present with whom they drank
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Two Pots of Beer and then Separated. That in the Broadway
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this Examinant met Warbois again who asked this Examinant
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to go into the Star and Crown in the Broadway which he
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did it being then between 8 and 9 Clock That in a short
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time Brereley came in also and after drinking a Pot of
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Beer and eating some Bread and Cheese (which Warbois paid
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for) they all three went towards
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Pimlico
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where they drank
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another pot of Beer. That they afterwards committed the
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Robberies mentioned in this Examination former Examination
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together with a third Robbery at that time omitted.
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his
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John
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Mather
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Mark
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Taken before me the Day
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and Year above written, }
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Sampr Wright
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Witness
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John Atchison
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