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Robberies and trials at East Smithfield and public notices
On Wednesday Thomas Sampson a highwayman and an associate were committed to Newgate for robbing the Walden Coach near Woodford in Essex and demanding money from the company. Several involved in Hawkins and Simpson’s capture were paid rewards. News includes deployments in Hyde Park tents, a French detainee at Gravesend, searches for a missing servant, and various court recognizances. Also reports stock prices, lottery notices, and forthcoming publications in 1722.
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