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Middlesex


The several Informations of William Freak< no role >
James Watts< no role > and Richard Butler< no role > Taken and
made on Oath Before me David Walker< no role > Esquire
one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace in and for
the said County the 29th. day of May 1782

And first this Informant William Freak< no role > for himself
Saith That he is a Higler and lives in the Coal Yard in Drury
Lane That about half past 9 oClock last Night he was
coming down Parkers Lane in Drury Lane in the Parish of
Saint Giles in the fields in the County of Middlesex , in company
with the abovenamedthe James Watts< no role > and saw the Door of
the Stable belonging to Robert Kilby Cox< no role > Esqr . Brewer in Parker
Street aforesaid open That he Stopped a few minutes and
saw Two Men come down the said Street and saw One of them go into the said Stable and immediately
afterwards saw the Prisoner who says his Name is John
White
< no role > come out of the said Stable with the following things
in his Possession (Vizt.) One Smock Frock, One Horse Roller
One Jack Towell< no role > , and a ChissleThat he took the Man
into Custody and delivered him into the Hands of a peace
Officer

And this Informant James Watts< no role > for himself saith
That he is a porter and lives in Shorts Gardens in Drury
Lane aforesaid That he was in company with the other
Informant William Freak< no role > at the time and place aforesaid
and does in every respect Confirm the above Information
of the said William Freak< no role >

And this Informant Richard Butler< no role > for himself
Saith That he is a Coachman to the above named Robert
Kilby Cox
< no role > Esqr : That thewassaid Robt. Kilby Cox Rents a
Stable in Parker's Street which adjoins to the Dwelling house
of Thos. Stocking< no role > a Glassman in the said Street, That this
Informant was at the Stable about the hour of half past
Eight last Night and when he left the same he left the




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