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Mail robbery. Chichester mail stolen between Newington and Clapham

General Post Office, July 20, 1770
Raguin Code: NEWS –7003

THE Chichester Mail, which was sent from this Office this Morning about Two o'Clock, was soon afterwards stolen out of the Mail Cart between Newington and Clapham, by some Person or Persons unknown, who cut the Straps that fastened the Mail to the Cart.

The said Mail contained the following Bags of Letters, viz. Chichester, Petworth, Arundel, Midhurst, Havant, Goldalmin, Haslemere, Steyning, Guildford, Shoreham, Kingston, Claremont, Cobham, Ripley, Petersfield, and Portsmouth.

Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person or Persons who stole the said Mail, will be entitled to a Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS: Or, if any Person or Persons, whether an Accomplice, or knowing thereof, shall make Discovery, whereby the Offender or Offenders may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will, upon Conviction of the Person or Persons who stole the said Mail, be entitled to the said Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, and will also receive his Majesty's most gracious Pardon.

ANTH. TODD, Secretary.