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Who being upon Oath saith that between twelve and one o'Clock on
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Friday Morning last, as he was riding thro '
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in the Hackney
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Coach No. 815 driven by a person now present who calls himself
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Edward
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/ the Coach going a slow pare at that
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time / he observed a Man come from the fort Pavement to the near side
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of the Coach and talk with the Coachman for the space of a minute and
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an half, in a low tone of Voice, whilst the Coach was going on-That
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he then head two other Men on the off side of the Coach call out to the
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Coachman to Stop, which he did-That said two Men then opened the
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off Coach Door and demanded this Informants Money which he gave
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them in a Purse amounting to seven or eight Guineas: at which
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time she Man on the opposite side opened the near Door-That one
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of said two Men then asked for this Informants Watch and he
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replied that he had none-That two of said three Men said he had
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a Watch and one of them swore that if he did not give it he would
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blow his Brains out at which time be presented a Pistol upon
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which this Informant gave him the small gold Watch, silk string
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gold buckle and key produced-That said three Men then Street the
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Doors and ordered the Coachman to go on, which he did, at a
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very great rate-That whilst he was driving so fast, the Informant
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observed a Watchman coming up from
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whom he desired
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to pursuant the Robbers-That he repeatedly desired the Coachman to
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stop, who refused so to do and continued driving at a very great
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Rate, till he came to
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-from which Circumstance
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together with his Conduct previous to, and during the Robbery he doth suspect
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and believe that the said
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was privy to the said Robbery-
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and further saith that he doth verily believe that
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Joseph Wright
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now
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