Middlesex to Wit

The Information of Daniel Sidney< no role > Servant to Lord
Milford of James Street Westminster and Abraham
Dry< no role > Servant to Mr. Page of Saint Martins Lane
Pawnbroker taken before me this 27th. day of
May 1785

Who being upon oath say, and first the said Daniel
Sidney< no role > says that about [..] o'Clock to the afternoon of Monday [..]
he was going thro the Yard leading to Astleys Riding School at
Lambeth in the County of Surrey , the Gold Watch, ribbon and key
now produced were picked out of his pocketAnd the said Abraham
Dry< no role > for himself says that a person now present who calls himself
John Lloyd< no role > came between the hours of seven and eight oClock
in the Evening of Monday last to the Shop of the said Mr.
Page in St. Martins Lane aforesaid and offered to pledge with this Informant
the said Gold Watch for three Guineas and a half saying that
that it was his own propertyThat suspecting said John Lloyd< no role >
to have stolen the same, from [..] his prevaricating in his
Answer to the Questions asked him by this Informant, he
apprehended him, and caused him to be secured.

Sworn before me [..]
27th. day of May 1785 }

Sampr Wright< no role >

David Sidney
Dry< no role >