Middlesex
to wit}

The Information of Robert Batson< no role > Esquire Charles Rich< no role >
and Jeremiah Ilsley< no role > all of Saint Ann Middlesex in the said
County Taken this third day of June 1789 before me One of
his Majestys Justices of the peace in and for the said County

Who being on their Oaths severally Say and first the said Robert Batsor< no role >
for himself Saith that about O'Clock in the Morning of Friday last
he Stopt the prisoner who Says his name is John Thompson< no role > near
the Britannia at Saint Anns place in the parish of Saint Ann Middlesex
having the Lead in his possession now produced which he suspects [..]
was Stole Ripped & Cut from, Some Dwelling house Out house. Coach House
Stable or other Building, And the said Charles Rich< no role > for himself Saith
that he was in Company with Informant Batson at the time the prisoner
Thompson was Stopt. and Speaks to the same purport and Effect as
Informant Batson with respect to his Suspicions of the said Lead being Stole Ripped
or Cut from some Dwelling house EtcThe said Jeremiah Ilsley< no role > for
himself Saith that having Matched the Lead produced with a piece [..] of
Lead Cut Ripped or Broke Stolen and taken away from a Gutter of the
House of the Hand and Flower in Mi [..] Court Saint Ann Middlesex
he finds it [..] Correspond exactly [..] She place [..] whence the said Lead
was Stole which horse in now Empty and un occupied

Taken and Swim the day
and year first above written before
me}

Peter Greene< no role >

Robbt Batson< no role >
Chas. Rich< no role >
Jereh. Ilsley< no role >

The said John Thompson< no role > Saith that he picked up the above Lead in
the fields near Blackwalls. bed refuses to Sign name.here to

Taken the day and year first
abovewritten by me}

Peter Greene< no role >