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thel) went on the Effex Road, and committed kxtrA
Robberies near- Grays, when we had robb*d the Per-
fons we ty'd them, and carry'd them into- a Field to-
gether.
Another Time we waited for fome Butchers coming
from Rvmfard Market, where we ftop'd a Butcher and
his Wife on Horfeback, the IVIan faid he had no Mo-
ney, on which Mitchel&ruck the Woman with a Stick
on the Head, by which Blow flie fell from theHorfe,
nnd I catch'd her in my Arms; we robb'd them of a
fmall Matter, and afterwards ty'd thern together with
Cords, for which we were purfii'd, but cfcaped.
Some Time after this, Broiun and myfelf, met at
yohnjloti's Houfe near Shoreditch, (who was executed
with me for Murder) and went on the Edgiuare Roadj
and juft by Edg--u;are near the Wind-mill, we met with
one Partridge a Farmer, on Horfeback, about eighJ
o'clock at Night, whom we difmounted, and mada
him go over a Gate into a Field, and from thence in-
to another, where we robb'd him of 35 s. a great Coat,
• a Hat with a black Edge, and a mourning Hatband ;
we cut the Girths of the Saddle,, and I threw the Sad-
dle over the Gate ; we alked him whether he had been
I'.t London ? and he told us no, he had only been to
make an Agreement with his Landlord about a Farm.
V/e afked him further, whether he was a monied Man ?
he re ply'd. No, he wanted Money as much as we did.-
This Robbery we committed about the beginning of
O.fyl-er, the Day I cannot remember,, but 1 believe if
wiis the 8ch. • ;.
• From thence we went to London, and hrct: the next>
.Day at the Rid-Iyon on 7owcrHil!, in order to fell thc>
great Coat and Hat, and from thence \vc went to Raz-
After