Middlesex
to wit.

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THE Information of William Sainsburry of Fore Street in the Parish
of Sainth Ann in the said County Light man and Clement Harris< no role >
of Brook Street in the Hamlet of Ratcliff and Watchman of the said Hamlet
Taken this 8th. Day of May 1784 before me on
of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County

Who being on their Oath say, and first the said Williams Sainsbury for himself Saith
[..] that between the Hours of four and five OClock
in the Afternoon of Wednesday the 5th. day of May Inst. he
unloaded, forty one Dates out of a Barge (then lying in
Limcklin Dock adjoining the Navigable Rivers of Thomas
in the said County) into a Long Boat he longing to this
Informant and which said Dales were the property of
Mr. Andrew Gram. That he left the said Long Boat having
the aforesaid Dates in her aground, and when he went the
next morning about 3 OClock for the purpose of bringing
the said Barge and Boat away he then pereceived that
the Boat had been Cast Off, and making such Search after
her as he Conceived was necessary he found her at Ratcliff
Cross , but Empty, And this Deponent lastly Saith that
he found the said Dales in Narrow Street Lim house
nine of which he had marked with Chalk, and that
he well know the said nine [..] as also the others thirty
two to he the same he had so an loaded an aforesaid and
which he verily believes was feloniously taken and Carried
away by Moses Pike< no role > now here present, as the Deal now
Produced and said to be found in the Custody of the said
Moses Pike< no role > was one of the nine he had so Particularly marked
as aforesaidAnd the said Clement Harris< no role > for himself
Saith that being on her duty between One and two O Clock in the
Morning of Thursday the Sixth day of May Inst. he saw the
abovementioned Moses Pike< no role > Pitch the Deal now here produced
upon the Ground opposite his back door in Girl Alley in the
Hamlet aforesaid Whereupon he secured the said Moses Pike< no role >
and delivered him to the Officer of the night, and afterwards took
the Deal to the Watch house.

Taken and Sworn the day and Year
first above written before me}
P Green C}

Won Tanslerg

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Clement [mark] Harris< no role >
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