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Information upon oath of
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William Johnson
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Ealing
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Labor
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. taken this
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twenty first Day of Decemr Anno Dom
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1709
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This Informant deposeth, that on this present
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twenty first Day of
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Decemr.
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about five a clock in the evening this Depont. was desired by
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John Hickson
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one of the
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Headbourghs
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of the
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Parish of Ealing
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, to go afer
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a person describ'd to the said
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John Hickson
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, to have committed a robbery,
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before, upon the Queens highway, upon which this Depont borrow'd
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ell of the said
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Jon. Hickson
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& went together with an
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Thomas Samms
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in
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pursuit of the said described person, & upon meeting a person thus
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described, they suspected him to be the Person, upon which the said Heads
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bourgh desird the said suspected person to surrender himselfe, which he
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Willingly at first did, but after some time the said suspected person came
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up to this Depont. who was then a guard upon him & suddenly laying his hand upon this Deponents hands
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which he had the said pistoll, he ptelld this Depont. of the horse,
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he was then upon, & endeavourd to make his escape, upon which, this
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ponr. pursu'd him, & caught hold of his coat, & in a further scuffle,
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y being down together, the said Headbourgh came up to his assistance,
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by stricking the said suspected person, he made him surrender himselfe
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cond time.
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An abovementiond suspected person own'd himselfe afterwards
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to be
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Nathanil Shrimpton
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This Depont. further deposeth that the said
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Nathaniel Shrimpton
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ownd,
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kat he came from
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London
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with but six pence in his pockett, but upon
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earch there was found seven shillings in mony numbred, which the
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said
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Nathaniel Shrimpton
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confest
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said
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he borrowd just before, of a person in
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road, unknown to him, with some other particular pieces.
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William Johnson
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& Die predict
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Thoma Cullum
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