Middlesex

The several Information of Thomas
Smith< no role > and Edward Asell< no role > Taken the 9th.
day of October 1787

Who upon their Oaths severally say and first the said
Thomas Smith< no role > for himself Saith That he lives
in Holborn and keeps a Carpet Ware house That there
was Stolen from a Two pair of Stairs front room
in his Dwelling House an about Monday the first October Instant a Metal
Watch No: 126 Makers Name Johnson and a Gold
Mourning Ring and also a pair of Steel Shoe Buckles
a pair of Knee Buckles and an Open a Glass in a Shagreen
Case That the Watch and Ring now produced are
his property and the same That were Stolen as aforesaid

The Said Edward Ansell< no role > for himself Saith
That he is Servant to Samuel Wooding< no role > Pawn broker
in Drury Lane That about the hour of 7 Clock
in the Evening of Thursday late a person now in Custody who says
his Name is William Noel< no role > Came to his Masters
Shop and offered for Pawn the Metal Watch and