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<p n="2015"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2174">Westminster</rs>
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to Wit the Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2015-1">John Whalley</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45030_occ873">Esqr</rs>
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. of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2175">No. 31</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2176">Conduit Street</rs>
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near<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2177">Bond Street</rs>
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in the said City and Liberty taken before me this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45030_date350">14th..<lb></lb>
day of September 1786</rs>
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<p n="2016">Who being upon Oath saith that between twelve and one o'Clock on<lb></lb>
Friday Morning last, as he was riding thro '<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2178">Albermarle Street</rs>
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in the Hackney<lb></lb>
Coach No. 815 driven by a person now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2016-1">Edward<lb></lb>
Mills</rs>
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to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2179">No. 31</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2180">Conduit Street</rs>
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/ the Coach going a slow pare at that<lb></lb>
time / he observed a Man come from the fort Pavement to the near side<lb></lb>
of the Coach and talk with the Coachman for the space of a minute and<lb></lb>
an half, in a low tone of Voice, whilst the Coach was going on-That<lb></lb>
he then head two other Men on the off side of the Coach call out to the<lb></lb>
Coachman to Stop, which he did-That said two Men then opened the<lb></lb>
off Coach Door and demanded this Informants Money which he gave<lb></lb>
them in a Purse amounting to seven or eight Guineas: at which<lb></lb>
time she Man on the opposite side opened the near Door-That one<lb></lb>
of said two Men then asked for this Informants Watch and he<lb></lb>
replied that he had none-That two of said three Men said he had<lb></lb>
a Watch and one of them swore that if he did not give it he would<lb></lb>
blow his Brains out at which time be presented a Pistol upon<lb></lb>
which this Informant gave him the small gold Watch, silk string<lb></lb>
gold buckle and key produced-That said three Men then Street the<lb></lb>
Doors and ordered the Coachman to go on, which he did, at a<lb></lb>
very great rate-That whilst he was driving so fast, the Informant<lb></lb>
observed a Watchman coming up from <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2181">Grafton Street</rs>
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whom he desired<lb></lb>
to pursuant the Robbers-That he repeatedly desired the Coachman to<lb></lb>
stop, who refused so to do and continued driving at a very great<lb></lb>
Rate, till he came to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45030_geo2182">Conduit Street</rs>
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-from which Circumstance<lb></lb>
together with his Conduct previous to, and during the Robbery he doth suspect<lb></lb>
and believe that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2016-2">Edward Mills</rs>
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was privy to the said Robbery-<lb></lb>
and further saith that he doth verily believe that <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45030_n2016-3">Joseph Wright</rs>
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now</p>
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