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Southwark Robberies and Arrests Reported
Richard Turner, one of two men in Southwark, has been apprehended and committed to prison by William Hammond Esq, and is said to have impeached his companions. Mary Waller is likewise committed for robbing Mr Thomas Price Ironmonger’s shop in St Savio r’s Southwark of nails. Two women are committed to Bridewell for passing forged passes to deceive parish officers. A letter-carrier was attacked in St George's Fields by three footpads who robbed him of about 40s and threw him into a ditch.
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