Middlesex to wit

The Information of Francis Franco< no role >
Esqr . & Charles Bignall< no role > and Francis Balge< no role >
taken before Us two of his Majesty's
Justices of the peace for the said County

Who being Severally upon Oath say and first this
Informant Francis Franco< no role > for himself saith
that about two o'Clock this Morning he was
Stopp'd in Harley Street in a Hackney Coach
by the person new present who calls himself
John Smith< no role > who presented a Pistol to this
Informant and demanded his Money and Watch
and desired this Informant to be Quick or he would
Sheet him upon which this Informant gave him
his Gold Watch and a Silk purse containing therein
forty two Guineas Gold and he then went away,
upon which this Informantgivetold [..] other
Informant Francis Bulger< no role > a Watchman that
he had been Robbd by a footpad when this Informant
with the Watchman pursued the said John Smith< no role >
and took him at the Corner of Mary le bone Street
and on Searching him found the Gold Watch and
Silk purse containing therein forty two Guineas
upon him the said John Smith< no role > ,

and this Informant Charles Bignall< no role > for himself
saith that he is an Hackney Coachman that
about two o Clock this Morning he was driving the
other Informant Francis Franco< no role > in his Hackney
Coach and going along Harley Street the person now