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her to make haste upon which Informant immediately gave
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him one half Guinea in gold, a new Shilling and one bad Six Pence
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that the other man
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Francis Underwood
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immediately pursued them. And this Informant
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further says that she verily beleives the new Shilling now produced
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is the same she was so Robbed of a aforesaid And the said
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from Highgate in a one horse Chaise between eight and Nine
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OClock in the Evening of Yesterday near a barn on the
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now present Stop the
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said two men seeing this Informant they Ran away and on
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Robbed by the two men which had then Ran away that this
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Informant immediately pursued them and gave the alarm and
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they were taken, And the said
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Thomas Harrison
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for himself
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Poynton
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for having Robbed two Ladies that he searched them and
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now present he found the Silver
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Four pence Silver two pence Silver penny, and two Shillings
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now produced by him And on the person of the said
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he
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found the two half guineas,
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some half pence and the
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Cock of a Pistol also now produced
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for himself says that
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between eight and Nine OClock
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Yesterday Evening in a field near
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he heard an Alarm of Theives, that he saw the
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a cross a field
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upon which he pursued them and overtook
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whom he took and delivered
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into
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the care of two Men and then pursued
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the other whom he also
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overtook, that the said
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had the Crown Price now Produced
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