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<p n="1140"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1175">Westminster</rs>
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to wit</note>
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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1140-1">Francis Field</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1176">Holborn</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ482">Oilman</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1140-2">Noah Chivers</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1177">Holborn</rs>
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<del>Sadler</del>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ483">Upholsterer</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1140-3">Joseph<lb></lb>
Wigg</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1178">Brownlow Street</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ484">Carpenter</rs>
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<del>and</del>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1140-4">Henry Gregory</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1180">Finchley</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1181">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ485">Gentleman</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1140-5">Thomas Simpson</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1182">Red Lion Square</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ486">Baker</rs>
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taken before me this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45030_date187">16th. day of August 1786</rs>
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<p n="1141">Who being upon Oath say and first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-1">Francis Field</rs>
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says that<lb></lb>
on Friday Night the 28th of July last, about a ¼ before 9 o'Clock, as<lb></lb>
he was coming in a Chaise, between <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1183">Finchley Common</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1184">Highgate</rs>
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in company with <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-2">Noah Chivers</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-3">Joseph Wigg</rs>
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, they were Stopped<lb></lb>
by several Footpads, that on the Right side of the Chaise one of said Footpads<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
presented<lb></lb>
a Pistol to Informants Breast and demanded his Money, whilst two<lb></lb>
others were, at the other Door of said Chaise Robbing the said Chivers and<lb></lb>
Wigg: that said Footpad Robbed this Informant of a Gold Watch and<lb></lb>
three Guineas, an half Guinea and about fourteen Shillings<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
that upon some of this Informants Companion's in other Carriages coming to his Assistance<lb></lb>
Informant Jumped out of the Chaise upon said Footpad, when he<lb></lb>
Received a Wound on his Head, and another on his Right hand, from another<lb></lb>
of said Footpads<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
and fell to the ground, And further says that he<lb></lb>
verily believes that a person now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-4">James<lb></lb>
Stewart</rs>
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is the Man who Robbed him<del>of</del>
and that he jumped out upon as<lb></lb>
aforesaid, And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-5">Noah Chivers</rs>
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says that he was at this time<lb></lb>
in the Chaise with said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-6">Francis Field</rs>
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, and was also Robbed by the<lb></lb>
said Footpads, of a Gold Watch, two Guineas and a half in gold, and some<lb></lb>
silver And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-7">Joseph Wigg</rs>
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says, that he was<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
in company<lb></lb>
with said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-8">Francis Field</rs>
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and was also Robbed by the said Footpads<lb></lb>
of a Silver Watch and between twenty and thirty pounds in Money<lb></lb>
And further says that he very believes that a person now present<lb></lb>
who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-9">Robert Collins</rs>
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is One of said Footpads that so robbed him as aforesaid<lb></lb>
And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n1141-10">Henry Gregory</rs>
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says that on said Friday evening the 28th<lb></lb>
of July last. about ½ past 8 o'Clock, as he was Riding in his Chaise up<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1185">Highgate Hill</rs>
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from <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1186">Finchley</rs>
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, he met two Men going down the Hill<lb></lb>
towards <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo1187">Finchley Common</rs>
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, walking on the footpath, and as they passed<lb></lb>
him, they were Close to the Chaise that said Men looked at this Informant</p>
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