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This Informant Thomas Delaport on his Oath Saith The
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on Tuesday the Thirteenth day of August last between the Hours of
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by the Stage Coach That he rode
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all the way on the Coach Box and between the Kings head and the Fox
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on the same Road that Evening he was stopped on the Highway by
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five People on foot who robbed him of about Three Guineas in
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money And further Saith That he believes
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Robbing him as aforesaid, and the said
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Foot pads of Two Pounds one shilling and six pence and this Informant
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of the persons concerned in the above Robbery of this Deponent
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Taken and Sworn the 16th day
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of December 1782 before
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