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John Turner <interp inst="t17230530-28-defend168" type="surname" value="Turner"></interp>
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John Linstead <interp inst="t17230530-28-defend170" type="surname" value="Linstead"></interp>
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, of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="t17230530-28-defloc161">St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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assaulting <rs type="persName" id="t17230530-28-victim172"> <interp inst="t17230530-28-victim172" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
John Hern <interp inst="t17230530-28-victim172" type="surname" value="Hern"></interp>
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, on the Highway, and taking from him 7 Guineas and a half </rs>
, the <rs id="t17230530-28-cd163" type="crimeDate">14th of April</rs>
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last. They were indicted a second Time for assaulting and <rs id="t17230530-28-off164" type="offenceDescription"> <interp inst="t17230530-28-off164" type="offenceCategory" value="violentTheft"></interp>
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Nathaniel Collins <interp inst="t17230530-28-victim173" type="surname" value="Collins"></interp>
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, of a Silver Watch, value 40 s. and 4 s. in Money, at the Time aforesaid </rs>
. The Prosecutors depos'd, That having been at Kensington, as they were coming back in a Coach they were attack'd by two Men with Pistols, on Horseback, between <rs type="placeName" id="t17230530-28-crimeloc165">Hide Park Corner</rs>
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, and <rs type="placeName" id="t17230530-28-crimeloc166">Pimlico</rs>
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, and robb'd of the Money. &c. in the Indictment. That though they would not swear positively the Prisoners were the Men, they then having black Crape over their Faces, yet by their size and Voices they did verily believe they were. The Prisoners calling some Evidences to prove their being elsewhere at the Time the Robbery was committed, the Jury <rs id="t17230530-28-verdict167" type="verdictDescription"> <interp inst="t17230530-28-verdict167" type="verdictCategory" value="notGuilty"></interp>
Acquitted </rs>
them.</p>
<p>John Turner, was indicted a second Time for a Misdemeanour, in <rs id="t17230530-28-off168" type="offenceDescription"> <interp inst="t17230530-28-off168" type="offenceCategory" value="damage"></interp>
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cutting the Yard </rs>
of <rs type="persName" id="t17230530-28-victim175"> <interp inst="t17230530-28-victim175" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
Richard Dowdeswell <interp inst="t17230530-28-victim175" type="surname" value="Dowdeswell"></interp>
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, the <rs id="t17230530-28-cd169" type="crimeDate">17th of April</rs>
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last. It appear'd by the Evidence, That the Prosecutor <rs id="t17230530-28-viclabel170" type="occupation">Keeping a Coachyard</rs>
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, in which stood a great many Coaches , the Prisoner was taken in the Yard, at two a Clock in the Morning, and that when he was taken he pretended he shelter'd himself there for Fear of being arrested ; but that appearing but a frivolous Excuse, considering the Time, he pretended at the Bar it was from an Apprehension of being taken up for a Deserter, he having been one. The Jury found him <rs id="t17230530-28-verdict171" type="verdictDescription"> <interp inst="t17230530-28-verdict171" type="verdictCategory" value="guilty"></interp>
Guilty </rs>
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Six Months Imprisonment </rs>
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