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they pack'd up in Baggs, and loaded their Horfes there-
with ; but during this Time, Mr. Mafin'% Man got out
of the Houfe, defigning to get one of the Horfes out of
his Mafter's Stable, in order to go and raife the Coun-
try to their Affiftance, but fome of the Rogues difcover'd
him, purfued and fir'd at him, but he got off, raifed the
Country, and about Eight o'Clock returned with forty
or fifty Perfons to affift him ; but when they c?.me,
found they were gone off with their Booty, and had al-
fo taken all the Fire Arms they could End in Mr. Ma-
fins. Houfe with them, which they carry'd as far as
Cambridge-Heath, and there threw them into a Pond,
to prevent being found in their Cuftody. Thus they
efcaped for that Time, yet had the Affurance on the Sun-
day Night following, to come in a Body to the Num-
ber of twelve or fourteen of them into the Neighbour-
hood, and were feen to go down Three-Conei-Lane, near
the Forrefl", and were heard to threaten fome of the
Neighbourhood, but they did not do any Thing farther
at that Time.
On Saturday the 11 th of January, at feven or eight
o'clock in the Eveqing, Fielder, IValker, and three o-
thers, came to the Door of Mr. Saunders, a wealthy
Farmer at Charlton in Kent, and knocking thereat, en-
quir'd if Mr. launders was at Home ? being anfwered
he was, the Door being open, they all rufhed in, and
went direStly into the Parlour, where Mr. Saundsr'i
Wife and fome Friends were at Cards, they defircd
them not to be frighten'd, for that they would not hurt
their Perfons if they fet Mil, and made no Difturbancc.
The firft Thing they l.iid Hands on was a Silver Snuff-
box, which lay upon the Table before them, and ha-
ving fecured the reft of the Company, obliged Mr.
Saunders to go about the Houfe with them, and open
his Clofets, Boxes, and Scrutore, from whence they
took upwards of i oo /. in Money, and all the Plate in
the Houfe, a Velvet'Hood, Manteel, and other Things.
Whilft this was doing, the Servant Maid got loofe and
ran up Stairs, barr'd herfelf into one of the Rooms, and_
called out of the Window for Affiftance, in Hopes of
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