Middlesex
to wit
The Information of
John Dear< no role >
of upper
Clapton
in the parish of Hackney
in the said
County Coachman
and
Benjamin Bedford< no role >
of
the same Yeoman
This Informant John Dear< no role >
or his Oath saith that
on Thursday the 3rd day of January instant abo [..]
the Hour of eleven o'Clock in the forenoon there [..]
feloniously stolen from offf some Pales before this
Examinants Dwelling House at upper Clapton
aforesaid
a large brown Box Coats this Examinant Property, wh [..]
had been placed there to be dried, by some Person or
persons unknown to him.
And this Examinant [..]
Benjamin Bedford< no role >
on
his Oath saith that at the Request of the said John Dear< no role >
's
Wife
he went soon after the Coat was Stolen in Search
of the person on persons who had taken [..] it, towards
Stoke Newington
, and there this Examinant over look and
apprehended one John Ingram< no role >
with the said Coat tied up
in a blue Apron carrying it under his Arm. And this
Examinant verily believes that the said, John Ingram< no role >
stole the said Coat.
The Mark of
[mark]
John Dear< no role >
The mark of
[mark]
Benjamin Bedford< no role >
Taken and sworn the 5th. day of
January 1782 before me}
D Wilmot< no role >
Witness
Cha: Lush< no role >