Richard Mills, junior, was apprehended in Sussex , with George Spencer, Richard Payne, and Thomas. Reoff, about the 16th of August, 1748, and being all brought together, under a strong guard, to Southwark, they were carried before Justice Hammond, who committed them all to the county gaol for Surrey, for being concerned with divers other persons, armed with fire arms, in running un-customed goods, and for not sur rendering themselves after publication in the London Gazette.
On the 5th of October, Richard Mills was detained in the said gaol, by virtue of a warrant under the hand and seal of Justice Hammond, for being concerned in the murders of Galley and Chater, whose bodies had been, a short time previously, found.
William Jackson and William Carter were taken November 14, near Godalming, in Surrey, and brought up to London, under a strong guard, and being carried before Justice Poulton, in Covent Garden, were, after examination, committed to Newgate, for being concerned with divers other persons, in running un-customed goods, and for not surrendering after publication in the London Gazette.
Old Richard Mills, notwithstanding he knew that all these were taken, and that warrants were out against several others, his son John among the rest, for being concerned with those already taken in the murders of Galley and Chater, yet he continued at home, never -
