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Sadler
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Joseph
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Wigg
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Brownlow Street
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Henry Gregory
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Finchley
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in the
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County of Middlesex
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Thomas Simpson
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Red Lion Square
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taken before me this
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16th. day of August 1786
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Who being upon Oath say and first the said
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Francis Field
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on Friday Night the 28th of July last, about a ¼ before 9 o'Clock, as
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he was coming in a Chaise, between
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Finchley Common
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Highgate
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in company with
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Noah Chivers
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Joseph Wigg
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, they were Stopped
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by several Footpads, that on the Right side of the Chaise one of said Footpads
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presented
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a Pistol to Informants Breast and demanded his Money, whilst two
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others were, at the other Door of said Chaise Robbing the said Chivers and
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Wigg: that said Footpad Robbed this Informant of a Gold Watch and
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three Guineas, an half Guinea and about fourteen Shillings
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that upon some of this Informants Companion's in other Carriages coming to his Assistance
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Informant Jumped out of the Chaise upon said Footpad, when he
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Received a Wound on his Head, and another on his Right hand, from another
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of said Footpads
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and fell to the ground, And further says that he
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verily believes that a person now present who calls himself
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James
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Stewart
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is the Man who Robbed him
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and that he jumped out upon as
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aforesaid, And the said
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Noah Chivers
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says that he was at this time
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in the Chaise with said
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Francis Field
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, and was also Robbed by the
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said Footpads, of a Gold Watch, two Guineas and a half in gold, and some
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silver And the said
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Joseph Wigg
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says, that he was
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in company
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with said
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Francis Field
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and was also Robbed by the said Footpads
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of a Silver Watch and between twenty and thirty pounds in Money
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And further says that he very believes that a person now present
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who calls himself
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Robert Collins
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is One of said Footpads that so robbed him as aforesaid
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And the said
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Henry Gregory
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says that on said Friday evening the 28th
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of July last. about ½ past 8 o'Clock, as he was Riding in his Chaise up
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Highgate Hill
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from
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Finchley
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, he met two Men going down the Hill
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