London to wit

The Information of Catharine the Wife
of Edward Davenport< no role > , of Gun powder Alley, Shoe
Lane, London Printer , Who being on Oath saith,
that last Saturday was a Fortnight, about three
OClock in the Afternoon the Prisoner now under-
Examination Mary Windsor< no role > came to the House of
her this Informant's Husband, and asked for a
LodgingAfter some Conversation Informant
agreed to let her a Room, and the Prisoner proposed
to drink together upon the Occasionthe Prisoner
gave Informant two pence half penny to Fetch some liquor,
and Informant went out by the desire of the
Prisoner to get the liquorWhilst Informant
and the Prisoner were in Conversation, a silk Cloak
was hanging in the middle of the Room, of the
Value of Five ShillingsWhen Informant
returned with the Liquor, the Prisoner was gone
and the Cloak missingSays, she is satisfied in
her own Mind, that the Prisoner Feloniously
took away the Cloak, and contrived to send her for
the Liquor, for the Purpose of having an
Opportunity to steal the Cloak in manner aforesaid

The Mark of
[mark]
Catharine Davenport< no role >

Taken and sworn at Guild hall
London the 29th Day of October
1782 before me}

John Hart< no role >