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| | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 |
 | | (M.) Benjamin Search, John Green, and Samuel Garrett, were indicted for that they in a certain field or open place, near the king's highway, on Thomas Scott did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person one silver watch, value 5 l. |
 | | Charles Barrow, Esq; The prisoner Green's father has a considerable estate, to the amount of a hundred a year, in the neighbourhood where I liv'd in Gloucestershire; he was bred an attorney in the city of Gloucester, and behaved so well that recommended him to a gentleman in Doctor's Commons. |
 | | See original with (192.) John Edwards, in a certain field or open place, near the king's-highway, on Ann Drew, spinster, did make an assault, putting her in corporal fear and danger of her life, and taking from her person one pair of shoes, value 4 s. |
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