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The Information of
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. taken before me this 31st. day of
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August 1781
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Who being on Oath say, and first the said
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the 2nd. of June last as he going in his Chariot to
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he was stopped in a Lane in the Parish of
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near Shadwell
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and robbed of a Gold Watch, a Chain, four Seals a
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Gold Key, a Hook two Guineas in Money and some Silver by four
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he verily believe a person now present who
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calls himself
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is one of the said Footpads who
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robbed him as aforesaidAnd the said
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John Avery
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Says that
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he was behind his said Masters Carriage during the time he was
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robbed and is very sure that the said
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one of the four footpads that robbed
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Sworn before me this
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31st. day of August 1781}
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W Addington
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