Middlesex to wit

The Information of Thomas Chancellor< no role > and
George Wolfe< no role > taken on Oath before me one
of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the
County of Middlesex the first day of October
1783.

This Informant Thomas Chancellor< no role > Saith That this Morning
there was stolen from his Dwelling house in old Bou [..] Lage in the Parish of
Saint Leonard Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex one
Womans Black stuff Petty coat his property and further
Saith that the Pettycoat now producedby the [..] Benjamin Russell< no role >
Wolfeis the same Pettycoat that was stolen from his
Dwelling hous as aforesaid

And this Informant George Wolfe< no role > Saith [..] he is
Collector of the Tolls at the Turnpike Gate in Old Cock Lane
in the Parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch and that being
informed by a Woman that a Pettycoat had been stolen
from Mr. Thomas Chancellors he ran in pursuit
of the person who stole the same and when he came
into New Inn Yard near the place where the
Pettycoat was stolen he saw James Gongh< no role > how under
Examination with a Petty Coat under his Arm on
which he pursued him andwhichGough immediately
dropt the Petty coat and ran away And this Informant
called out step thief and pursued him and did not loose
Sight of him till he was taken and that the Bettycoat
now produced is the same which was dropt by the
said James Gough< no role >

Taken and
Sworn the first
day of October 1783
before me
Chas. Triquet< no role >

Thos. Chancellor Junr< no role > .
George Wolf< no role > .