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Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed between Maidenhead and Slow

Whitehall, August 9, 1721
Raguin Code: NEWS –2104

Whereas the Bristol Mail dispatched from thence on Monday the 7th Instant, was last Night, between Eleven and

Twelve a-Clock, robbed on the Road between Maidenhead and Slow, by one Highwayman, who carried off the Bath, Bristol and Hungerford Bags; these are therefore to give Notice, that whoever apprehends the said Person concerned in this Robbery, so as to have him 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 any one of his Accomplices shall discover the Offender in the Manner aforesaid, such Person so making the Discovery, shall have the said Reward of £100 and also His Majesty's Pardon.

CARTERET.