Middlesex to wit

The Examination of John Broughton< no role > brought
before me William Addington< no role > Esquire one of
his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and
for the said County on Suspicion of having
stolen a great Coat the property of John
Morgan< no role > Esquire, taken before [..] this 5th.
December 1745

This Examinant saith that he is one of the Patroling Watchmen in
the Parish of St. Andrew Holborn, that on Friday Night last near
an Oil Shop in Hatton Garden he and Richard Roberts< no role > met a Man with a Bundle which
proved to be that Coat in Question, and upon attempting to Stop the
said Man he threw down the Coat and ran away; and the Said
Richard Roberts< no role > picked it up it being then tied in an Apron
but at what hour this happened he cannot tell

Taken before me
Decemr. 5. 1775}

W Addington