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The Information of
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taken before me this 30th.. day
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of January 1784.
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Who on their Oath say and first the said
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says that
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about 8 o' Clock in the Evening of Wednesday was sevenight, he was
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robbed in the Bath Post Coach, near the four mile Stone on the
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read, of a brass Shilling resembling that now produceed,
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and about 7 shillings besidesby a
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singh Highwayman
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, mounted
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on a lowish bay Horse or Mare, with a white face and a short
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swist tailThat the said Highwayman was dressed in a light
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coloured Great Coat and a round Hat. And the said
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Samuel
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Mayner
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says that having heard of the said Robbery at Ken-
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sington Turnpike, he went to the Turnpike at the Gravel Pits
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where about ten o'Clock,
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John Wood
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now present came up on
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horseback, carrying his Great Coat now produced in his hands
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in which were a brace of Pistols loaded. That Informant secured
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said Wood and in his
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Breeches pocket found the
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brass Shilling now producedAnd further says that the Horse
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on which said Wood then rode was a low bay Horse, with
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Sworn before me this
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30th day of Janry.. 1784}
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Peter Giles
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