Middlesex
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The Information of William Mc. Coy< no role >
and Phoebe< no role > the wife of George Christie< no role >
and John Beamish< no role > taken before me one of his Majestys'
Justices of the peace for the said County

Who being severally upon oath Say And first
this Informant William Mr. Coy for himself saith
That about seven of the Clock on Saturday Evening
last this Informant was going along Smart Buildings
Holborn when [..]
two men followed him one of whom placed a
Stick between his legs which made him fall
down whereby he was wounded in the face
and both the Said men then came to this
Informant pretending to assist him when they
picked his pocket of his watch and them
ran away And this Informant Phebe Christie
for herself Saith that she lives in Smart's Buildings
aforesaid that about seven of the Clock of the
same Day she came to her Door with a Candle
in her hand and Saw the person now present
who calls himself Thomas Williams< no role > layingabove
the other Informant William Mc. Coy who was
laying on the ground and the Said Thomas
Williams< no role > seemed to be pretending to assist him
to get up, that upon finding the Said William
Mc. Coy< no role > was recovering himself he ran away
And this Informant John Beamish< no role > for himself
Saith that about eight of Saturday Evening last
he apprehended the said Thomas Williams< no role >
from the description he had received of