Middlesex
to Wit}

The Information of Thomas Pearce< no role > taken
upon Oath before me William Blackborow< no role > Esqr .
One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County this 11th. day of May 1782

This Informant upon his Oath saith that on Tuesday
the seventh day of May Inst. at about One OClock in the
Afternoon he was at the Redly on Public house in Cloth
Fair in the City of London that he saw one William Bass< no role >
come into the said house Accompanied by two Men One
of which men goes by the Name of Thomas Pickering< no role > and
that they all went into a Back room and carried in with them
a large Bundle of Goods which the said William Bass< no role > brought
into the said house and that the said Three Men continued there
Drinking for a considerable time and that he saw the said
Thomas Pickering< no role > go out of the said house with a
white Bag under his Arm seemingly with goods in it

Taken and Sworn before
me the Day and Year first
above Written

W Blackborow}

Thos Pearce< no role >