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The Information of
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Master Lane of
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Joseph Watson
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Pawn broker
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Alexander Kennedy
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of
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Brooks Markett
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Cooper
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taken before me this 25th. day
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of September 1753.
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Robert Wheeler
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being upon oath Says that
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on Sunday was Sennight near
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Nine of the Clock at Night as he was Rideing near the
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one Mile Stone
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on
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the other side of
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Tottenham Court
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two Men came up to him and laid
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hold of his Bridle and one of them presented a Pistoll to this Informt.
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and said Damn you Deliver, and Imediately one of the said Persons
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took one of his Buckle
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out of one Shoe and the other out of the other
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and then took away
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his Watch, and said that this Informant
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was a brave boy Boy and gave him a Shilling, and this informant
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further says, that a Silver Watch, and a pair of Siver Buckles, now
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produced and Shew'd to him, he says
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are his Property, and taken from
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him at the time of the Robbery; says that the Men
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were
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in Dark Coloured Cloaths, but it being so Dark that he cannot
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Recollect the Persons.
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Joseph Watson
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being upon oath says, that on Tuesday the 17th
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of September Instant, about twelve o Clock at Noon, one
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Alexander
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came with a Person, now Present who Cath himself
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Allen
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Latty
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John Smith
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, to this Informants Shop, who told
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this Informant that as he was a Neighbour he hed brought an
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