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Mail robbery. Gabriel Gardiner, a Letter Carrier, suspected of having stolen a banknote

General Post-Office, April 20, 1787
Raguin Code: NEWS –8704

GIB, otherwise Gabriel Gardiner, late a Letter-Carrier in the Post-Office at Chatham, in Kent, is strongly suspected to have taken a Bank Note out of a Letter entrusted to his Care to deliver.

He is about 19 Years of Age, smooth faced, thin made, about 5 Feet, 5 Inches high, wears his own Hair loose, which is of a dark Colour, and is a Native of Chatham, from which Place he absconded on or about the 15th Instant.

Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the said Gib, otherwise Gabriel Gardiner, will receive a Reward of Fifty Pounds.

ANTHONY TODD, Sec.