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large Lips, is rather heavy limbed, and thick about the Andes, and has a Wife whose Christian Name is, and whom he
generally called Amy: It is supposed that he went with his Wife and a little Child between Two or Three Years old, named
Polly, to Ireland, in the Autumn of 1788, and returned to Beaumaris in the Spring of 1789.
Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the said William Lewins, of any of
the said Robberies of the Mail, will be entitled to a Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, over and above the Reward given
by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen; or if any Person, whether an Accomplice in any of the said
Robberies, or knowing thereof, shall make Discovery, whereby the said William Lewins may be apprehended and brought
to Justice, such Discoverer will, upon Conviction of the Party, be entitled to the same Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS,
and will also receive His Majesty's most gracious Pardon.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

-- 9101 NEWS (General Post Office, April 2, 1791)

THE Bags of Letters from hence of last Night for Luton, Ampthill and Bedford were stolen off the Post boy's Horse at
the Door of the Post-Office in St. Alban's, about Midnight, whilst the Boy went into the Office to receive the Road Letters.
Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person or Persons who stole the
said Bags, will be entitled to a Reward of FIFIY POUNDS: Or if any Person, whether an Accomplice in stealing the said
Bags, or knowing thereof, shall make Discovery whereby the Person or Persons who stole the same may be apprehended
and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will, upon Conviction of the Party or Parties, be entitled to the same Reward of
FIFIY POUNDS, and will also receive His Majesty's most gracious Pardon.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

-- 910 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, Saturday, May 28, 1791)

THE Post-Boy bringing the Mail from Ailesbury to Hemel Hempstead, containing the Bags of Letters from Ailesbury,
Winslow, Tring, Wendover and Berkhampstead for London, with the Bye-Letters from Ailesbury and Tring, was stopt
between the Hours of Ten and Eleven o'Clock last Night by a Man on Foot, who appeared to be lusty, between
Berkhamstead and Hemel Hempstead, who seized the Bridle of his Horse, and made him dismount. The Robber then
fastened the Horse to a Gate on the Road, and took the Boy into a Field at some Distance, where he tied his Hands,
blindfolded him and fastened him to a Gate, and afterwards rode away with the Mail and Horse.
Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person who committed this
Robbery, will be entitled to a Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, over and above the Reward given by Act of Parliament
for apprehending of Highwaymen; or if any Person, whether an Accomplice in the Robbery, or knowing thereof, shall make
Discovery, whereby the Person who committed the same may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will,
upon Conviction of the Party, be entitled to the same Reward, and will also receive His Majesty's most gracious Pardon.
ANTH. TODD, Sec.

-- 910 3 NEWS (General Post-Office, Monday, September 19, 1791)
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MAIL ROBBERY and MURDER.

ON Thursday the 15th Instant, about Five o'Clock in the Morning, James Hogworth, the Post-Boy, carrying the Mail
from Warrington to Manchester, was murdered about a Mile from Warrington: The Mail was found open, and the Letters
in the following Bags were taken out and carried away, viz. the Bags from Chester for Manchester and Rochdale, which
contained the Letters of the lOth from Ireland for those Towns and Places beyond, and the Bags from Liverpool and
Warrington for Rochdale.
Two Men (supposed from their Accent to be Irishmen) were seen near the Place where the Robbery and Murder was
committed immediately afterwards, and were, about Six o'Cl6ck the same Morning, seen a Mile and a Half from
Warrington on the Road to Liverpool. They were about Five Feet Five Inches high; one dressed in a strait-bodied ash-
coloured Coat, the other in a striped Great Coat, with a large Cape, and each carried a small Bundle.

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