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Robbery Suspect Confesses After Night in Southwark Cage
On Saturday night Robert Nixon was captured at an alehouse in Whreet in the Borough on suspicion of highway robbery. He confessed to numerous robberies with accomplice Isaac Darkin, including coach and chaise robberies in Saint George's Fields, Peckham Gap, Stockwell, and near Peckham, with watches, silver, coin, and clothing taken. Nixon will be re-examined after confession. Darkin is in custody. Bankrupts and tradesmen listed follow in the report.
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Eton
Robert Nixon
Whreet
Beadle
St. George
Southwark
William Clark
Isaac Darkin
Saint George’s Fields
Peckham-Gap
Darkin
Nixon
Stockwell
Peckham
Justice’s House
Park
Thomas Noake
Green Lettice-Lane
London
Richard Edoe
Saint James
City and Liberty of
Westminster
Chapman
Levi Isaacs
Strand
Saint Martin
Charles Lowndes
Thomas Bathurst
Saint Paul
Covent Garden
Middlesex
Burton Makers, Gilders and Partners
Timothy Goodwin
Wapping
Thomas Bedward
Saint Clement’s Dane
Parke Honoree
Norwich
Thomas Chalmer
Liverpool
Langaster
John Swinfen
Sytton
Leicester