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The Informations of Richard Barker< no role > Gentleman
Thomas Lewis< no role > & Robert Morris< no role > taken upon Oath the Eighth
Day of October 1789

Who upon their several Oaths say and first the said
Richard Barker< no role > for himself saith that betwixt the Hours of
seven & eight o Clock on Sunday Evening the Fourth of October
Instant as he was walking down Holborn near the End of
Chancery Lane the Prisoner John Mansfield< no role > without any
Notice struck him violent Blow upon his Head & immediately
ran away amongst the Stand of Coaches in the Street
but the immediately pursued the Prisoner who for some
Time secreted himself by getting under the pole [..]
of athe differentHackney Coache [..] )with th Assistance of one
of the Patroles took the sd. Prisoner John Mansfield< no role > into
Custody but the other three Persons who were in Company
with the Prisoner John Mansfield< no role > escaped & ran away

Thomas Lewis< no role > for himself saith that he was going
up Holborn on Sunday Evens. The Fourth of October Instant
about seven o Clock [..] that he saw Richard Barker< no role >
pass by him & three or four other persons that he turned
round & saw the prisoner John Mansfield< no role > strike the said
Richard Baker< no role > a Blow as he thinks upon the Head that
the sd. Richard Barker< no role > immediately pursued the Prisoner
John Mansfield< no role > (who ran round the Horses & under a [..]
Hackney Coach [..] in the Street) and after some Time took
him into Custody & with the Assistance of the Patroles took
the sd. Prisoner John Mansfield< no role > to the Watch house

Robert Norris< no role > for himself saith that her [..] is one
of the Patroles belonging to the Parish of St. Andrews