Middlesex
to wit
The Information of
Thomas Moody< no role >
of Old
Ford
in the Parish of Saint Mary Stratford
Bow
in the said County Farmer
and
John
Moody< no role >
his Son Servant
taken this 22d day of
October 1787
Who being on their Oaths say and First the said
John Moody< no role >
for himself saith That on Saturday
the twentieth Instant between the Hours of five
and Six in the afternoon he this Informant and
Thomas Bradbury< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.
having been at Work in
his Father, Field, near his Dwelling House
at Old Ford
aforesaidon wentwent home under being into the said
House That he this Informant went up stairs where hethis Informant
discovered the Person, now present who says his Name is
William Ray< no role >
That he asked the said William
Ray< no role >
what Business he had there who
Answered the Doors were open and he came
in That he went to lay hold of him when
the said William Ray< no role >
put his Hand to
his Pocket and threw something on the Floor
which he heard fall further saith That
he this Informant called out saying That
there was a Thief in the Room upon which
his Father and the said Thomas Bradbury< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.
and William Stephens< no role >
came up Stairs to his Assistance That he
picked up the Books now produced and
ana Small Bag which he delivered to
the said
William Stephens< no role >
the Elder a
This Informant further saith That
Ray was then Searched nothing being
then found on him That they Coneryed him