London ss

The Information of George Escott< no role > of King
Road yard Broad Saint Giles Servant
to John Bishop< no role > of the same Place
Master Coachman Token the 11th day of
May 1787

Saith that on Thursday the Twenty [..] Sixth
day of April last him said Master Stable was Robbed of
the Mans Cloth Coat Row produced the Property of this
Informant, that being Yesterday in the Mariner with his
Coach and a Company with another Coachman who wanted
to buy a Coat-that the Prisoner and another Man came
by with Clothes on then Arms for Sale that Prisoner
put the Coat now produced on the other Coachman to ser
it at him, that Informant then discovered that it was
his property and the same that was stolen from his
Master Stable as aforesaid upon which he apprehended
the Prisoner who then sayd that he had bought
it twelve Miles from thence

Taken and Sworn the Day and
year first above Written before me}
T. Townsend

George Escott< no role >