Westminster
to
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The Information of
Joseph Elliot< no role >
Thomas Burford< no role >
and Carey,
Henry Bates< no role >
,
Sarah Ellison< no role >
,
William
Phillips< no role >
&
Hannah Jones< no role >
taken before me the 31st
Day of May 1785
.
And first Joseph Elliot< no role >
for Himself says that He is a
Public of St. Margarets Westr
. that on Sunday Morning last about
Two o'Clock being in Rochester Row
He saw a Man now present
going up to him they said Man asked the way to Chelsea that this
Informant asked him what he had got who answered nothing but
his own that this Informant seeing something under his Arm
which he brought to be a Pistol Secured Him & found some
Silver Spoons in his Coat Pocket that this Informants Parlour
coming up the said Thomas Bailey< no role >
refused to be further search
got away droped a Knife Case from under his Arm containing
Seventeen Green Handle Knives & forks & Twelve Silver
Desert Spoons & attempted to Ditch that this Inft.
Imlled him down a further Searching him found one Plated
Knife Stick & a Plated Cross & [..]
has this Information aforesaid to be the said James Bailey< no role >
s
Hands & Secured him in Bridwell
Thomas Burford< no role >
for Himself says that he is a
Patrole of St. John's Westr
. that on Friday Morning last about
two o'Clock He saw the said Thomas Bailey< no role >
going across
Tothill Fields
that He perceived something under his Arm which
He thought to be a Pistol that He Stopd him & found some Silver
Table Spoons in his Coat Pocket that the said Thomas Bailey< no role >
ran away droped a Knife Case from under his Arm which
this Informant as ordered whilst Joseph Elliot< no role >
pursued the
said Thomas Bailey< no role >
Tob Carey< no role >
for Himself says that he is a Publican
keeps the Sign of the Three Ditch Casters
in Rochester
that
on Sunday Morng. last about the Hour of Two He was maked
by his Wife who told him somebody calld for Help that he went
down Stairs undressed opened the door & saw Thomas Basford< no role >
she told him they had got a Thief & wanted Assistance
that in a Ditch one of his House she saw Joseph Elliot< no role >