Middlesex to wit

The Information John Mead< no role > taken before
me this 12th.. day of January 1785

Who being on Oath says that this evening between 5 and 6 o'Clock
as he was in the Pit passage of Drury Lane Theatre he felt
a hand in his breeches pocket when on turning round he found
it to be the hand of a Person now present who calls himself
[..] Ellis, who he immediately Secured, and on searching
found that his Pocket had been picked of two shillings [..] and
one Six pence and two Keys.

Sworn before me this
12th. day of Janry. 1785}

W Addington

John Meads< no role >