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5th December 1771 - 16th December 1772

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by two Man each with a pistol at which time
this Informant was Robbed of a Silk Handkerchief
and about three pennyworth of half pence& a Silver
Thimble

And this Informant Thos. Hiscox< no role > for himself
saith that he pursued in Company with the other
Informant William Kitchin< no role > who told this Informt.
that he had been Robbed-in the New Road near the
Green Man and saw two Man run very fast
towards the field at the back of the Green Man One
of which is the person now present who calls
himself Benjamin Johnson< no role > this Informant
& the other Informant continued the pursuit till they
came into the Field at the back of the Green
Man where this Informant saw the said
Benjamin Johnson< no role > go into a seven in the
said Field & person weting till Assistance came the other Man this Informant does not
know what became of his

And this Informant Bedell Maskell for
himself saith that he waspresentcalled upon
last Night to assist in the apprehending of a
Foot pad who had jumped into the Sewer for a Field
at the back of the Green Man this Informant
procured alright or about he which who given
to the other Informant John Long< no role > who went
into the Sewer & Immediately the person now
present who calls himself Benjamin Johnson< no role >
started up at the [..] entrance of the Sewer
then this Informant & Joseph Dill< no role > Card hold
of him & kept him secure

And this Informant John Long< no role > for himself
saith that houses present at the entrance of
the Sewer in a Field behind the Green Man
last Night and look a lighted Candle and just
at the Entrancehe entered the sd. Sewer the person
now present started up & asked what was the
matter upon which he was Immediately
received by the other Informant Berell
Maskell

And this Informant Joseph Rutherford< no role > for
himself saith that hearing a Man had been taken
out of a Common sense in a Field behind the Green
Man in the New Road on account of a Tool pad
Robbery this Informant went into the said
Sewer at the place where he had been Informed




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