Middlesex
to wit.}
The Informations of Thomas Hill< no role >
at No 5 Little
Earl Street Seven Dials
Hackney
Coachman
, George
Ascott< no role >
at No 7. Kirkmans Place Tottenham Court
Road
and Thomas Worthey< no role >
at No 13 [..] Meads Court
Wardour Street Soho Laborer taken on Oath before
me this 26th. day of September 1789.
Who being on Oath severally say and first the said
Thomas Hill< no role >
for himself says that he Drives the Hackney Coach. No 29.
belonging to John Bishop< no role >
, that last night about nine o Clock he
put his said Coach and horses
in at Saint Ann
's rank, he then
went into the Watering house with George Ascott< no role >
to drink part
of a Pint of beer, that in about five minutes he was informed
by the Waterman that some man had drove the Coachthe
and Horses off that this Informant and said George Ascott< no role >
went out when Informant found they were Stolen and
immediately went in pursuit of them. And the said
George Ascott< no role >
for himself says that he was with the said
Thomas Hill< no role >
at this time and went in pursuit of said
Coach and Horses
, that in Russell Street Covent Garden
he met
them with the person now present who calls himself Thomas Valley
upon the box of said Coach driving them in a very fast Trott
That Informant immediately Stopped them, and Seized hold of
said Thomas Valley< no role >
at the same time asking him What he was
going to do with the Coach and Horses
who replied let me
alone I am enough I am going to take up a five
Shilling load in Dover Street
, and that he knew who the Coach
and horses
belonged to, for that they belonged to Mr Bishop in
Saint Giles's
. And the said Thomas Worthey< no role >
for himself
says that he is Waterman at the Saint Ann
Coach Stand
that last night about ten Minutes or a Quarter after Nine
theo Clock the said Thomas Valley< no role >
came to the said Stand