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The Information of
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before me this 19th.. day of August 1767
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Who being upon Oath says that last Saturday Tonight he this Informt.
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went out Town on Horseback in Company with John
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per now
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present upon two Horses which they had of Mr. Draper at the
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, that his was a Chesnut Horse
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Cooper's a grey one, sats they first went to Uxbridge and from
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thence to Mr. Roberts's at the Red Lyon at
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they staid two or three days, says that on Wednesday Evening
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last they stopt a Coach upon the Highway near
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with three Ladies in it whom they Robbed of each a Purse
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containing in the whole about three Guineas and several
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Pocket pieces, that they then went to Kingston upon Thomas
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and from thence to the French Horn at
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where
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they lay all Night, farther says that in the latter and of July
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he and said Cooper third from Mr. Hammond at the
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Swan in
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a Chesnut Horse and a bag one with
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Chaise with a
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and Lady in it whom they Robbed of
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half a Guinea and a thirteen Shilling and six penny piece
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says after this Robbery they rode to Edgeware where they
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Town and took the Horses from them
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Sworn before me the day
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and Year first above writen}
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