Middlesex
to
Wit

The Information of Elizabeth< no role > the Wife of John Hawkins< no role > of Three Colt
Street [..] him Middlesex labourer James Elliott< no role > of Duke Shore in the said
Parish [..] Gentleman, Servant George Hawkins< no role > of Three Colt Street in the said Parish
Farrier and Ann< no role > . The Wife of Evan Morris< no role > of Shree Colt Street aforesaid Shoemaker
Taken this 17th day of Octr: 1786 Before me one of His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the said County
Who being on Oath say and First she said Elizabeth Hawkins< no role > for herself Says on Saturday
last about the hour of Twelve at Noon She met the Prisoner who says his Name is
John Farrell< no role > in the passage of her house coming from the Yard behind the House having
a Bundle under his Arm who she asked what he had got who answered what was that to
her and went over saw she suspecting he had Stolen some Linnen of hers called to her Neighbour
Morris who saith she had lost a Shirt and Apron Says She went into the said Street
and [..] described the Man who she suspected to have taken the
said Things That her Son George Hawskins< no role > pursed him and took him took the sign of
the Britremia her time house Canal Bridge where she went and saw him about half
an hour after

The said James Elliot< no role > says on Saturday last about Noon as he with George Hawkins< no role >
at his Mothers in Three Colt Street he heard Mrs Hawkins make an Alarmher
They went into the Street and pursued the said John Farrell< no role > who was ausming
towards the filedThat he saw the Said John drop the Shirt and Apron produced
close to Limehouse Church Wall whichtohe Stopt and picked up.

George Hawkins< no role > says he pursued the said John Farrell< no role > from Three Colt Street
round Limehouse Church wall and saw James Elliott< no role > Stoop and pick a Bundle
up near said Wall says he run on and near to Limehouse Canal Bridge on his
Crying Stop thief a Gentleman on horseback Stopt the said John when he came up
and carryed him to the Britannia public house near when Mrs. Morris came
and claimed the Shirt and Apron produced

Ann Morris< no role > on her Oath says the Shirt and Apron produced are her said Husband property
that she had washed them on Saturday Morning last and hanged them out to dry on dine
in the Middle of the Garden behind their house situate he as aforesaid which Garden is
Made use of by the Tenants of Mr. Victer her husband being OneThat about the
hour of Twelve the same day Mr Hawkins her next door Neighbour asked her if
she had last anything in the Garden says she went and looked and missed The
Shirt and apron producedThat she run into the Street hearing from Mrs. Hawkins
that her son and another person was gone after a Man who she suspected to have
robbed herThat she followed as far as the Britannica Bridge and there she
saw the Shirt and Apron produced and soon after Mrs. Hawkins come up and
said that was the man who had taken the things

Taken and Sworn the
day and Year first above
written before me
John Staples< no role > }

her
Elizabeth [mark] Hawkins< no role >
Mark

James Elliott< no role >

his
George [mark] Hawkins< no role >
Mark

her
Ann [mark] Morris< no role >
Mark