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Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed between Slow and Colebrooke

General Post-Office, London, April 22, 1720
Raguin Code: NEWS –2002

Whereas the Bristol Mail, dispatched from thence on Wednesday the 20th Instant, was this Morning, between Two and Three of the Clock, robbed upon the Road between Slow and Colebrooke, by two Highway-men, who took several Letters out of the Bath Bag: These are therefore to give Notice, that whoever apprehends the said Persons concerned in this Robbery, or either of them, so as to have them convicted, shall receive a Reward of £100 to be paid by the Receiver General of the Post-Office in London, over and above the Reward directed by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highway-men; and if either of the Persons concerned in the said Robbery, will discover the other in the manner aforesaid, he shall have the said Reward of £100 and also His Majesty's Pardon.

N.B. One of the Persons concerned in this Robbery, has a Scar upon his Forehead, just above his right Eye, and was mounted on a Bay Horse; the other was upon a Black Horse with a Star upon his Forehead, and one white Foot.