Westminster to Wit

The Information of John Petty< no role > of Reading in
Berks Gardener and John Atkins< no role > of Bow
Street Covent Garden Labourer take before
me this 2nd. day of August 1787

Who being upon Oath say, and first the said John
Petty for himself saith that this morning as he was going from the Bole
and Tun in Fleet Street to the White Horse Cellar in
Piccadilly he was obliged to pass thro' a Mob on the City
side of Temple Bar when his right hand breeches pocket
was plundered of Six Guineas and Fifteen shillings and
his said Pocket turned outThat upon this Informants
saying "he was Robbed," his Money dropped amongst the
Croud and the Prisoner Thomas Whitfield< no role > (who was
standing near him) made offThat Informant followed
said Whitfield thro' the Croud and laid hold of him by
the Collar, at which time he saw the Guinea now produced
in one of his hands but which he cannot say and which Guinea
said Whitfield instantly dropped and this Informant
picked it upAnd this Informant further says that
from all the Circumstances taken together he doth verily
believe and Suspect that the Prisoner Whitfield is the
Person who robbed him of his Money as aforesaid
And the said John Atkins< no role > for himself saith that he was
standing upon the Carriage of Brook Watson Esqr : at this
time and upon seeing the Prosecutor have hold of Whitfield
by the Collar and hearing the Mob say that Whitfield was
the