The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

Reference Number	t16980223-37
Verdict	Guilty
Sentence	Death; Miscellaneous > branding

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  William  Hitchcock and   H - G - were Indicted for Assaulting and secretly taking from   John Hatchet two Exchequer-Bills . It appeared that the Prosecutor having just received his Pay as a Mariner , was stopt by the Prisoners, and the Bills taken from him by Holmes, who was known to be an old Offender, and  Hitchcock of the same Gang: They were found Guilty of the Trespass and Assault.

[ Hitchcock: Death. See summary.]

[H G: Branding. See summary.]