Middlesex

The Examination of Richard Robert< no role > brought
before me William Addington< no role > Esqr . on of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and of his
said County on Suspicion of having stolen a
great Coat the Property of John Morgan< no role >
[..] taken before me this 5th. day of
December 1775

This Examinant Saith that he is one of the Patroling
Watchmen in the Parish of St. Andrew Holborn, that last Night
between 12 & 1 o'Clock as he and John Broughton< no role > were going
down Holborn together at the Corner of Hatton Garden they
saw a Man with a Bundle and on their asking him what
he had there he dropped the Bundle and ran off but
which way he took this Examinant cannot tell, that
this Examinant picked up the Said Bundle which proved to
be a great Coat tied up in an Apron, that he did not Shew
the Coat to said John Broughton< no role > or any other person
that Night

Taken before me
Decemr. 5. 1775}

Addington