Middlesex
to wit}
The Information of
Thomas Phillips< no role >
Mariner
Who on his Oath Saith that on Fryday last
he was in Company with Richard Thompson< no role >
John Hogans< no role >
and John Presley< no role >
at the Wheelwrights
Arms
East smithfield
drinking Porter the said
Thompson [..] Hogans and Presley asked this Informant
to walk out with them, [..] which he Agreed to; they
all four went from the said Wheelwrights Arms
between seven and Eight in the Evening into Stepney
Fields
and Over took two Men whose Names Appeared
to be (Phillip Morgan< no role >
and Rice Price< no role >
) the said
Thompson Assaulted the said Phillip Morgan< no role >
by
Striking him on the Eye with a Pistol and the said
Hogan demanded his Money and when they had
riffeled his Pockets the said Presley was left in
charge with hin he then being upon the ground,
while the said Thompson and Hogan advanced
to Mr. Price Knocked him down and riffeled
his Pockets and left him on the Ground, then
the said Thompson Hogan and Presley Jumped
up behind a Coach then Coming by and left
this Informant by himself Saith he Cannot
lett what the Gentlemanwaswere Robbed of for
that he did not receive any part
his
Thomas [mark] Phillips< no role >
Mark
Sworn before me
3d. Septr. 1771
}
Jno Sherwood< no role >