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Robbery and court actions amid 1743 news items in London
A mix of crimes and legal notices recounts a staged coach robbery near Stratford by two hardened fellows linked to the General Post Office, plus multiple local thefts. Also reported are Susannah Lewin’s commitment for arson at Croydon, a Leadenhall Street robbery, a Chancery Lane attack, and naval dispatches with prize reports and privateer actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Habberley
Maidstone
Colchester
Stratford
General Post-Office
Susannah Lewin
Southwark
Justice Atkinson
Comber
Croydon
John Carter
Leadenhall Street
Draper
Chancery Lane
Broad-Street
Soho Square
Dutch Laft India Company
Batavia
Texel
Hague
Prussia
Vienna
Nevis
England
Jamaica
Pomo Rico
Havanna
Orford and Kent
Port- Royal Harbour
St. Michael
Beate Virginis
Carthagena
Rochester
Bayonne D
Holmes
Httle
Ogilvie
Crediton
Devon
Creaton
Asbes
Velovan
Tiverton
Blandford
Exeter
Buller
Tuckfield
Geo, Bent
Cooke
Izoba' Stacy
Vica
Leach
Queen Liizabeth’s Grammar School
Fowler
Fonegood
Walker
Tho
Shute
Mich
Salter
John Francis
Simon Pidsley
Robi. Read