Midx. ss:
The Several lnformations of
Thos. Truelove< no role >
Thos.
Holloway< no role >
and
Mathew Jenkinson< no role >
Severally
taken before me one of His Majestys Justices
of the Peace
for the County aforesaid
Who being Severally upon Oath say and first
the said Thos. Truelove< no role >
and Thos Holloway< no role >
for themselves
say that on Sunday Morning last about four o'Clock
these Informants Stopped a person now present who
Calls himself John Greaghan< no role >
in the Strand
, and the
Sd. Greaghan then had upon his Back a quantity
of Lead [..] & upon being questioned
by these Informts:beingwho are Watchmen, the Sd: Greaghan
said that he was about his Masters business, and then
said that he was employed by a man to Carry the said
Lead to Covent Garden
for three time or Words to that effect: and
these Informts: say that the said Greaghan went
over to the other side of the Way in order as these
Informts: believe to avoid them. And the said Math:
Jenkinson< no role >
for himself says that on Saturday last a lead
Gutter belonging to the Premises of his Master Mr Jas:
Deval< no role >
in Scotland Yard was Safe upon the said Premises,
but upon examining the said premises this day, the
Sd: Lead Gutter is gone, being by violence torn from
the Sd: Premises. And this Informt: says that he has
Compared the Sd: Piece of Lead taken upon the said
Greaghan and it exactly fits the place the sd Lead
Gutter was Stolen from in all Respects, and says that
he this Informt: is certain that the Sd: Price of Lead
was Stolen from the Gutter of the Sd: Premises.
Severally Sworn before me
the 21 March 1758
Saunders Welch
The Mark & of Thos. Truelove< no role >
The Mark [mark] of Thos. Holloway< no role >
Mathw. Jenkinson< no role >