TWO HUNDRED
POUNDS REWARD
GENERAL POST
OFFICE, Tuesday, July 3, 1798
THE Post-Boy, carrying the mail
from Bromley to Sevenoaks last night, was stopped about two miles from
Farnborough, between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock by a single
Highwayman, who presented a horse pistol [and] demanded the Mail which
the boy gave him. He offered [the Boy] half-a-guinea, but he declined
taking it.
The Robber is described to be a
young man, middle [?] on a drab-coloured great coat, and rode a horse
with [?] face. The same man, as supposed, passed through the [Turnpike]
Gate at Pratt's Bottom, towards Riverhead, on horseback [at] 7 in the
evening, and asked his way to Croydon. He had [a number] of small saddle
bags, and had the appearance of a London [man] in the opinion of the
Turnpike-man. The Bags taken are [?] for
Sevenoaks Lamberhurst Rye
Tunbridge
Battle
Hastings
Whoever
shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted,
the person who committed this robbery, will be [entitled] to a Reward of
TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, over and [above] the Reward given by Act of
Parliament [for] apprehending Highwaymen; or if any person, whether an
accomplice in the robbery, or knowing thereof, shall surrender
himself and make discovery whereby the person who committed the same
[to] be apprehended and brought to justice, such discoverer shall be
entitled to the same reward of Two Hundred Pounds, and will also receive
his Majesty's most gracious pardon.
By command of
the Postmaster General.
FRANCIS FREELING, Sec.
