Middlesex
to Wit}

The Information of John Grant< no role > of
Cheshnut in the County of Herts Inn Keeper taken
upon Oath before me Wm Blackborow< no role > Esqr . One
of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and
for the said County [..] of Middlesex this 8th.
day of September 1786

This Informant upon his Oath saith that on
Tuesday the 5th. day of September instant He apprehended
the Prisoner Edward Darby< no role > for Stealing a Shirt at
which time the Prisoner had in his Custody the Black
Mare now Sworn to by James Pearson< no role > the Prisoner
was taken before Justice Neate at Whetstone and in the
course of his Examination he Confessed before and
in the presence of this Informant that he had Stolen
the said Mare from Weston Underwood and that she
was the property of the said Mr. Pearson with whom
he had lately lived as Servant

Taken and Sworn before one
the Day and Year first above
Written
W Blackborow}

John Grant< no role >