Middlesex
to wit}

The Information of William Cole< no role > taken
on Oath the Thirtieth day of December 1784
before me one of his Majestys Justices of the
Peace for the County of Middlesex

Who on his Oath Saith That on the Twenty fifth day of
December Instant between the hours of Twelve and four
o Clock in the afternoon there was out out and feloniously stolen from his
Dwelling house in the Ass Park in the Parish of Saint Matthew
Bethnal Green in the County of Middlesex Fifty one Ells of
half Ell Lining Manufactured, Thirty two Wooden Bobbins
with silk wound on them (weight sixteen Ounces neat
silk) and Thirty two Ounces of Double black silk
unwound the Property of Messrs. John Gearing< no role > , John Vaux< no role >
and Thomas John Taylor< no role > Master Weavers and Copartners
And further Saith that he having a suspicion of Jacob
Bellett< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. the Prisoner now under Examination having
stolen the same this Informant went to the house of the
Prisoners Father (with whom the Prison lived) and
made known that he had been Robbed and of his suspicion
of the Prisoner upon which the Prisoners brother in Law
consented for this Informant to look over the house and
he went with him [..] into the workshop of the said house
and they there found the Silk and the lining now produced
by this Informant And in enquiry after the Prisoner he
found him at a house in Baileys Court where he Confessed that he had cut the same out and then Gave
him into the Custody of one John Grey< no role > a Peace Officer
And that the silk now produced by this Informant
is the property of the said Messrs. John Gearing< no role > , John
Vaux< no role > and Thomas John Taylor< no role > and is the same silk
that was stolen from his House as before mentioned

Taken and Sworn the
day and Year above said
before}

D Wilmot< no role >

The mark of
Wm. [mark] Cole< no role >