London ss

The Information of William Brett< no role > late of Islington
in the County of Middlesex Labourer but now
a Pakert in Saint Bartholomew Hospital
Taken this 25th day of August 1787

Saith that on the Fourth of August Last about Nine oClock
at Night between Islington and Newington Turnpike he
was attacked by three Men one of where is the Prisoner
John Mason< no role > that they sayd nothing to him that this
Prisoner Knocked him down with a Shop and one of the
other Men cut him on the left Leg with a Cutlass
that there was taken from him a half Guinea in Gold
and a Silk Handkerchief that he was very much beat by
them before they left that he does not know which of
the men took the Money and Handkerchief from him
does not know that he ever before says either of the
Men that robbed him except the sd nooner who he might
have seen in the Twice

The [mark] Mark of
William Brett< no role >

Taken and Sworn in Saint
Bartholomew Hospital the
Day and Year First above
Written before me}

The Sainsbury
Mayor