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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
·
James Wilson Hyde
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On
the
13th
September
1786,
the
mail-rider
from
the
North
charged
with
the
conveyance
of
mails
for
Edinburgh,
having
reached
Kinross
about
midnight,
proceeded
to
change
horses
as
usual
in
a
stable-yard
at
that
place.
The
mail-bags
he
deposited
on
the
back
of
a
chaise
in
the
yard
until
he
should
be
ready
to
resume
his
journey.
As
was
his
custom,
he
then
went
into
the
stable
to
give
a
feed
of
corn
to
his
horse;
but
while
so
engaged,
the
bags
were
abstracted
and
the
contents
stolen.
Two
brothers,
who
were
proved
to
have
been
in
the
neighbourhood
at
the
time,
and
to
whom
some
of
the
stolen
property
was
traced,
were
arraigned
for
the
crime
before
the
High
Court
of
Justiciary
in
Edinburgh,
and
being
found
guilty,
were
sentenced
to
be
executed.
The
following
is
a
somewhat
fuller
account
of
a
post,
robbery
on
the
public
road,
which
occurred
a
few
years
later:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
