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acting in &
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for the said County this 27th Day ofJuly
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1789
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who being duly sworn upon
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their Oath, says
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and first this informant Wilim. Wright for Kimsell sayeth that he is Servant to Mr Wright,
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in the said County and drives an Hackney Coach
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for him that on Wednesday night last about
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½ past 11 o'Clock, he put his Martin Coach &
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horses in the Rank in
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and put New Bags on the
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Horses
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with Seeds of Coin, then went into a Public House
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to refresh himself, in about Ten Minutes he
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came out of the said house and missed his Coach
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and, horses observing they had been taken out of
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the Rankwhereupon being much alarmed he
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immediately ran over
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towards
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Vauxhallthat near the Nis'll and a half Stone, he
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met his Coach & horses as coming from Vauxhall
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upon Hubox driving of the same
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he likewise saw another Man behind the sd. Coach whom he did
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not know, upon meeting the Coach he spoke to
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the Man now present who was driving, and
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asked him where he was going with his Horses
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and was answered by him, "The Coachman
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was behind"immediately stopped the houses
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and jumped off the Box on the other Side when
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this Informant directly ran round and
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him, mean while the Man who was behind the
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Coach ma
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