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July Session 1786
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The King
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The Prisoner was committed to Newgate on the 23d. of January last charged
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upon the Oaths of
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for being Accessary after Fact that is to say
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by relieving comforting and assisting one
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John Lake
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well Knowing the said
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John Lake
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to have
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feloniously assaulted
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George Slater
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on the Kings Highway in the County of the Town of
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Hull
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on the
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2d. January 1786 put him in Fear and Feloniously taken from his Person a certain Mail called the
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Hull Mail in which Letters were sent and conveyed by the Post containing several Letters Packets
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Bags and Mails of Letters See a Copy of the Committment annexed.
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The said
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was at the same time Committed to the said Goal of
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For
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the said Felony but is since dead in that Prison previous to his being tried
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Upon Apprehending the Prisoner there were found upon him a Silver Watch
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a Lincoln Bank Note For £10,,0,,0 and a Hull Bank Note for Nine Guineas and Nine
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Guineas and 13s/6d in Money.
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The Watch was Purchased by the Prisoner of one
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John Morritt
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Pawn broker
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in
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in Paymt. for which he gave a Bill of Exchange for £25. Dated Sheffield Decr. 10. 1785
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drawn by
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Gilbert Dedsbury
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upon Messrs. R. and J. Harrison London Payable to Messrs. Stainforth and
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Haystrop or Order and by them indorsed thus. "Pay the Contents to Mr.
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Wm. Holmes
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or Order Value
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"in Accot. with Stainforth and Haystrop or Order"
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The Bill was sent in a Letter by the Post from Messrs. Stainforth and Haystrop of
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Sheffield
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to Mr.
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Wm. Holmes
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of Hull (to whom the Bill is endorsed Payable) on the 3st. Decr. last, and was
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in the Mail at the time it was robbed
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The Lincoln Bank Note of £10. and the Hull Bank of Nine Guineas were also
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in the Mail at the time that it was robbed.
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As the Principal is dead Previous to his Tryal no Prosecution can be carried on against the
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Accessary, and therefore you will Please to move the Court that he may be discharged out of Custody,
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and that the Watch may be delivered up to Mr. Morritt, who has not been able to obtain Payment
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of the Bill by reason of its not having been indorsed by Mr.
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It will be necessary to ask the Direction of the Court that the Lincoln Bank Note of
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£10and the Hull Bank Note of Nine Guineas may be retained ny Mr. Parkin Soliciter to
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the Post Office in Order to be restored to the Owners.
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The Money Found
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Found
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upon the Prisoner and now in the Hands of
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Thos. Carpmeal
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one of the Officers of the Police in
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, may it is Presumed be Ordered to be delivered
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up to the Prisoner
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