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Highwaymen jailed amid London crime spree and theatre chatter
Two reputed highwaymen Wicksted and Turner were committed to the Gatehouse Westminster for robbing between Pimlico and Buckingham Garden Wall, faces hidden by black crepe. A Confederate of Caley, once executed, is also noted. Various sheriffs dinners, Westminster Abbey monument to Ben Johnson, theatre listings, auctions, and notices fill the rest of the page.
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Westminster
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Buckingham Garden Wall
Newgate
Caley
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Alderman Parsons
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Draper’s Hall
Alderman Child
Westminster Abbey
Ben Johnson
Mr. Fawks
Moorfields
St. Lawrence-Jewry
Guildhall
Cripplegate
Stanhope
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Roper
St. Nicholas Cole-Abby
Bank
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