Middlesex to Wit

The Information of Charles Rugrove< no role >
a Stage Coachman and John Edmonds< no role >
at Mr EssexsPawnbrokerSilver Smith
in the Strand taken upon Oath before
me this 20th. day of April 1789 .

Who being upon Oath severally say and first the said Charles
Rugrove< no role > for himself Saith That on or about Tuesday the 7th.
day of April instant his Apartment in the Coal Yard Drury Lane
was feloniously entered And a box therein broke open And
two Gowns One Pettycoat Six Silver tea Spoons One pair of Silver
Sugar tongs two pair of Silver Shoe Buckles and two Gold Rings this
Informants property were Feloniously taken from then to That the two Gold Rings and two Silver
tea Spoons now produced are part of the said property so
stolen as aforesaid And the said John Edmonds< no role > for himself
Saith That on Tuesday the 7th. day of April inst. at about the
Four of Five oClock in the Afternoon the Prisoner who calls
himself by the name of Thomas Holloway< no role > came to the said
Mr Essex's in the Strand And offered to sell the two tea Spoons
now produced This Informant asked him how he came by
then And he answered that he found them at the corner of
Essex Street in the Strand . That they were tyed Round with a piece
of Pack [..] thread and [..] were very dirty as if Picked up in the
Street. That the said Thomas Holloway< no role > prevaricated much in
his Story which indirected this Informant to Suspect he had
Stolen the said two tea Spoons.

Sworn before me the
day and Year first above
Written
Sampn Wright}

Charles Rugrove< no role >
John Edmonds< no role >