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to Wit</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n495-1">William Frost</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo289">Harrow</rs>
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Weald<lb></lb>
Common in the said County <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45034_occ120">Labourer</rs>
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taken before<lb></lb>
me this 16th,, day of April 1788</p>
<p n="496">Who being upon hath saith says that this morning about<lb></lb>
four o'Clock as this Informant and his <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45034_occ121">Wife</rs>
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and <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45034_occ122">Daughter</rs>
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were<lb></lb>
riding in a Cart on the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo290">Edgware Road</rs>
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near the 4 Mile Stone they<lb></lb>
were stopped by three footpads armed with Pistols - that they<lb></lb>
robbed this Informant of one Guinea & six or Seven Shillings and<lb></lb>
further says that he is very sun that three persons now present<lb></lb>
who call themselves <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n496-1">John Wood</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n496-2">William Fubbs</rs>
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Coberoft</rs>
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are the three Footpads that so robbed him as afore=<lb></lb>
=said and further that the said Coberoft is the Man that held his Hat<lb></lb>
over his Eyes That Wood is the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Man that robbed them &<del>his</del>
that Fubbs<lb></lb>
held the Horse</p>
<p n="497">Sworn before me this<lb></lb>
16th. April 1788}</p>
<p n="498">N Bond</p>
<p n="499"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n499-1">William<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Frost</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
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to Wit.</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n500-1">Sarah</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45034_occ123">Wife</rs>
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of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n500-2">William Frost</rs>
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taken before me this 16th. day<lb></lb>
of April 1788</p>
<p n="501">Who being upon Oath saith that this Morning about<lb></lb>
four o'Clock as this Informant and her said Husband and<lb></lb>
Daughter were riding in said Cart on said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo292">Edgware Road</rs>
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<lb></lb>
she was robbed of three pence amount which was one bad half penny and a thimble by the Same<lb></lb>
three footpads, and further says that she is very sure<lb></lb>
that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n501-1">John Cobcroft</rs>
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is one of said Footpads<del>and</del>
<lb></lb>
and the Man who first demanded their Money<del>that the doth verily believes</del>
that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n501-2">William Fubbs</rs>
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<lb></lb>
is the Man who held the Horse and that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n501-3">John Wood</rs>
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is the Man<del>is another of the said Footpads that so robbed her and<lb></lb>
her The Husband as aforesaid</del>
who robbed them</p>
<p n="502">Sworn before me this<lb></lb>
16th, day of April 1788 }</p>
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<p n="504">her<lb></lb>
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Frost</rs>
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Mark</p>
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