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1740-1749

NOTICES FOR THE YEARS 1740-1749

-- 4OO1 NEWS (General Post Office, March 14, 1740) {Julian Calendar. March 14, 1739}

Whereas the Post-Boy, who was carrying the Worcester Mail from London to Southall, was set upon this Morning
about Four of the Clock, between Audley-street End and Tyburn Turnpike, by Two Footpads, one of which was a lusty
Man, in a white Cape Coat, who presented a Pistol to the said Boy, and demanding the Oxford Bag, led him into a Field
against Audley-street End, opened the Mail, and took thereout the Worcester and Oxford Bags; the Worcester Bag
containing the Ludlow, Tedbury, and Bromyard Letters; the Oxford Bag containing the Burford, Whitney, and Woodstock
Letters.
The Postmaster General thinks proper to advertise the Publick, that whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to
be apprehended and convicted, both or either of the Persons who committed the said Robbery, will be intituled to a
Reward of £200 besides the Reward given by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen. Or if any Person,
whether Accomplice in the said Robbery, or knowing thereof, shall make Discovery whereby the Persons, or either of them
who committed the same, may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will, upon Conviction of the Party
or Parties, be intituled to the same Reward, and also have his Majesty's most gracious Pardon.
J. D. BARBUTT, Secretary.

-- 4 0 0 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, April 2, 1740)

Whereas the Post-Boy carrying the Bristol Mail from London to Hounslow, was attacked and set upon between Three
and Four a Clock this Morning, a little beyond Knightsbridge, by a single Person on Foot, of a dark Complexion, and a
middle Stature, having on a light-colour'd Horseman's Coat with the Cape button'd up, who led him into an adjacent Field,
and there took from him the Bath and Bristol Bags, put them into a Green Bag, and rode off with them towards London on
the Horse that carried the said Mail.
The Postmaster General thinks proper to advertise the Publick, that whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to
be apprehended and convicted, the Person who committed this Robbery, will be intituled to a Reward of Two Hundred
Pounds, besides the Reward given by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen; or if any Person, whether
Accomplice in the said Robbery, or knowing thereof, shall make a Discovery whereby the Person who committed the same
may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will, upon Conviction of the Party, be intituled to the same
Reward, and also have his Majesty's most gracious Pardon.
J. D. BARBUTT, Secretary.

-- 4 0 0 3 NEWS (General Post Office, London, April 4, 1740)

Whereas the Post-Boy carrying the Western and Portsmouth Mails from Bagshott to London, was set upon and
attacked, about One of the Clock this Morning, in the hollow Way coming from Bagshott, by two Highwaymen, who
appeared to be lusty jolly Men, in Great Coats, of a whitish Colour, with the Capes buttoned up, and light colour'd Wiggs,
one of them mounted on a black Horse with a white Snip down his Face, and the other either on a dark Chestnut, or a
brown Bay, and who stopping the said Boy, ordered him to dismount, and threatened to shoot him, if he made the least
Noise or Resistance, then tied his Hands and Feet, and rode off with the Horses and Mails.
The Postmaster General thinks proper to advertise the Publick, that whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to
be apprehended and convicted both or either of the Persons who committed this Robbery, will be intituled to a Reward of
Two Hundred Pounds, besides the Reward given by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen. Or if any Person,
whether Accomplice in the said Robbery, or knowing thereof, shall make a Discovery whereby the Persons, or either of
them who committed the same may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer, upon Conviction of the Party
or Parties, will be intituled to the same Reward, and also have his Majesty's most gracious Pardon.
J. D. BARBUTI, Secretary.

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