Middlesex
to wit}
The Informations of
John Barber< no role >
of King Street
Deptford
in the County of Kent
Waterman
and
John Ellis< no role >
an Apprentice
to
John Wood< no role >
of High Street
Shudid O Dilot Taken this First day
April 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 John Barker< no role >
for himself Saith that On Saturday night last between Eight and nine
O Clock. he made Fast his Bout to one of the Chains at the upper Water
Gate at Deptford
. That about Ten O Clock on Sunday night he went
down to See if his Boat was Safe when he discovered she had been taken
away by some person or persons to this Informant unknown, That the
next morning he was Informed by Thomas Jones< no role >
that his Boat was
detained at Bill Wharf
for having hurt, Stolen Goods in her, That he
Accordingly came to Bill Wharf
and Saw the said Boat which [..]
is the Boat he so fastened in Saturday night last at the Upper Water Gate
and had been taken away as aforesaidAnd this Informant
John Ellis< no role >
for himself Saith that between Ten and Eleven O Clock on
Sunday night last he was going with a Tare from Bell Wharf
On Board
the Ship William lying in Bill Wharf
half Tier, and that he saw a Boat
in which were two men quitlong off from the Bow of the Vessell to Drop
a Stern when Informant diseveral the Harvser now produced hanging
a longside the Cable which appeared to those Informant to have been Cut with
a Knife, Saith [..] the man [..] (who had the Hutts) then Rowed away
and Informant Suspecting that they were the persons who had Cut the said Rope
Rowed after them and when he got alongside asked where they were going
who replied they were going home but that if Informant would go down to
Stones Stairs they or he would Settle it with him when they precipitately rowed
away to Ratcliff Cross
and Informant after them and upon [..]
their Landing at Ratcliff Cross
he called out Stop Thief when they ran up the
Stepney
Causeway
and Endeavered to Escaped that One of the Men did get away
but the person now present who says his Name is John Lindsay< no role >
was Soon
after Stopped by John Brock< no role >
and secured and brought 10 Informant.
And that he verily believes he is one of the persons who was in the Boat and
who ran away on his calling out Stop Thief.
Taken and Sworn the dan and
Year first above written before me}
Peter Greene< no role >
John Barber< no role >
his
John [mark] Ellis< no role >
Mark.
John Lindsay< no role >
Says that One Sunday night last about half part Eleven O Clock
Surname from Deptford
in a Boat to See a Trund in London
and that he was
Taken soon after he Landid but at what Stairs he knows not by John Brock< no role >
Taken Signed and declare of to be
the Truth the day and year first above written
before me
Peter Green< no role >
her
John [mark] Lindsay< no role >
Mark