Westminster to Wit

The Information of Joseph Earle< no role > of No. 164 in the Strand
Linen Draper James Talbey< no role > one of the Constables of the
Parish of Saint Clement Danes John Atkins< no role > of Bow Street
Covent Garden Labourer and Mary Heath< no role > Wife of William
Heath< no role > of No. 19 in New Compton Street Saint Giles's Taylor
taken before me this 31st. day of March 1786

Who being upon Oath say and first the said Joseph Earle< no role > says
that a person now present who calls himself Henry Asser< no role > hath lived Shopman
with him for about sixteen Months past that Thirteen Linen Handkerchiefs
now produced which were on Wednesday last brought to him by Barnet
Levi< no role > of Iron Gate in the County of Middlesex Shop Keeper he is very sure
are his property and that they have been Stolen from himthat fourteen other
Linen Handkerchiefstwelve pair of Womens Cotton Stockingstwo silk
Handkerchiefs and four Remnants of Muslin which were likewise
produced to him by the said Barnet L [..] he doth verily believe to be
his Property and to have been Stolen alsothat a piece of Prish Cloth
three Table Cloths and a Remnant of long LawnnowProduced by the
said James Talboy< no role > yesterday to him he is very sure are his property and
have likewise been Stolen from himthat he doth believe a Remnant
of long Lawn, eleven with Handkerchiefs five Muslin Handkerchiefs
and a pair of silk stockings also shewn to him yesterday by the said
Talboy are likewise his property and that they have been stolen from
him And further says that the following Articles now produced Viz four
pieces of new Irish, six white Handkerchiefs with red borders,two pair
of Cotton and two pair of Worsted HoseSix Table Cloths one Remnant of
worked Muslin, two worked Aprons, one worked Handkerchiefone
Remnant of long, lacon, one Remnant of spotted, one Remnant of Plain
Muslin and one Remnant of Irish Cloth he is very sure are his
property and were stolen from himAnd further says that the