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Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed near Bristol

-NEWS General Post-Office, London, October 24, 1720
Raguin Code: –2009

Whereas the Bristol Mail coming to this Office was robbed Yesterday Morning between One and Two a-Clock, on the Road four Miles on this Side Bristol, by one Highwayman and one Foot-pad, who carried off the Mail, in which was only the Bristol 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 him or them convicted of the same, 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 Highwaymen; and if either of the said Persons concerned in the said Robbery will discover his Accomplice in the Manner aforesaid, he shall receive the said Reward of £100 and also His Majesty's Pardon.