Middlesex
to wit}

The Informations of Richard Scott< no role > and
Christopher Taylor< no role > Taken before us two
of His Majestys Justices of the Peace
in and for the said County against
Simon Lavender< no role > on Suspicion of
Felony

Christopher Richard Scott< no role > of White Chapel road
Butcher being on his Oath Saith That he did this
day apprehend the Person now present who says
his Name is SimonSamuelLavender< no role > with the Hammer
Cloth now produced in his Possession that he was in
Company with another person who got away

Richard Scott< no role >

ChristopherScottTaylor< no role > on his Oath saith that he is Foreman
to Messrs Exeter & Co. Coachmakers on White Chapel
Road . That the Hammer Cloth now produced is the
property of the Said James Exeter< no role > and was this day Stolen
from off the Box of a Coach belonging to himher said master
and is of the Value of Two Guineas

The above Deposition taken and both the
Informants sworn before us the 6th day
of February 1788.}

Christopher Taylor< no role >

John Staples< no role >
Wm. Queerrill< no role >

The aforesaid SamuelSimon Lavender< no role > on his Examination Saith
that his compainon John Welson< no role > who got away when
he this Examinant was apprehended metthishim
this day in Rosemary Lame that they went to a
Public House on [..] White Chapel Read and had a Pot
of Beer that he does not know where the said
John Wilson< no role > got the Hammer Cloth now produced
but he delivered the same to him this Examinant after he came
out of the public House
and desired this Examinant to carry the same forthis Examinant
[..] the said John Wilson< no role > and follow him where he was going Lastly
Saith he thought the Bundle was a Greenland
Jacket until they were pursued & this Examinant
apprehended.

Simon Lavendry< no role >

Taken and Signed before us
the 6th day of Febby. 1788

John Staples< no role >
Wm Quarrill< no role >