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Middlesex to wit

The Informations of Jacob Upsdell< no role > and
Edward Melton< no role > taken and made on Oath before
me one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County of Middlesex the 28th. day
of August 1781 .

This Informant Jacob Upsdell< no role > on his Oath saith that he is Clerk
to Thomas Scott< no role > Esquire , Brickmaker That on Friday
the 24th. day of August instant Richard Baldwin< no role > who
drives a Cart for the said Thomas Scott< no role > was ordered
to carry a Thousand of grey Stock Bricks from the
Brickfields of the said Thomas Scott< no role > at Hoxton in the
said County to Mr. Hagar a Master Builder at London
Wall, And further saith that he verily believes the
said Richard Baldwin< no role > afterwards feloniously stole
about two hundred of the same Bricks. And this
Informant Edward Melton< no role > saith that he lives in
Tabernacle Walk in the said County of Middlesex That
on the twenty fourth day of August instant he saw
the said Richard Baldwin< no role > come with a Cart belonging
to the said Mr. Scott loaded with Bricks to a Passage which leads to the House
of one Samuel Burland< no role > in Tabernacle Walk aforesaid
that this Informant saw the said Richard Baldwin< no role >
deliver about two hundred of the said Bricks out of
the Cart to the said Samuel Burland< no role > who Received the
same and placed them on the Ground near the Passage ,
That this Informant suspecting the said Richard
Baldwin had stolen the said Bricks and that the said
Samuel Burland< no role > had bought them knowing them to
be stolen, he followed the said to Richard Baldwin< no role > with
the said Cart who delivered the Remainder of the Brick,
at the said Mr. Hagars at London Wall .

Taken and sworn the day and
Year aforesaid}
D Wilmot< no role >

C Jacob Upsdell< no role >
Edw. Milton< no role >




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