Middlesex to wit

The Information of Zachariah Batterby< no role > Nathaniel
Rees< no role > James Bush< no role > & Nathaniel Eckford< no role > [..]
[..] taken before me this 11th.. day of May
1782.

Who being on Oath say and first the said Zachariah Batterby< no role > says
that on the 28th.. of April last, he made up a Quantity of Coach Lace
[..] produced into a Parcel and directed the same to Messrs. Morton
& [..] which Parcel he delivered that Day to the said
Nathaniel Rees< no role > to carry to the Black Bear to go by the Bath
Coach, and which said Coach Lace is the Property of Matthew
Davis< no role > of Long Acre Lace weaver . And the said Nathaniel
Rees< no role > says that he received said Parcel, carried it the same
Day to the Black Bear and delivered it to the said James Bush< no role >
And the said James Bush< no role > says that he received said Parcel,
Booked it to go by the Bath Coach, and left it in the Warehouse;
and further says he doth verily believe that the said Parcel
was soon [..] ino [..] And the said
Nathaniel Eckford< no role > says that he is Book [..]
Coaches at BirminghamThat on the 30th.. day of April last
the Box now produced directed to "Amos Archer< no role > " came to their
Warehouse by the Coach from London. That a Person now
present who calls himself Moses Asher< no role > (who then went
by the name of Amos Archer< no role > ) came on the 30th.. of April
[..] their Warehouse and enquired for said Box, When this
[..] mant suspecting it contained Stolen Goods, told said
[..] in the Bill but not come to hand." That by
the Advice of some Friends, the said Box was opened when the
Lace Holders Etc. a Bill of Parcels, and two Letters now produces
were found therein. That after the Contents had been examine