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The Information of Robert Searson< no role >
William Bannister< no role > Mathew Hill< no role >
Thomas Cordwin and Robert
Searson< no role > taken before me [..]
two-of his Majesty's Justices of the
Peace for the said County

Who severally being upon Oath say And
first this Informant William Bannister< no role >
for himself Saith that about One, o'Clock
on Saturday Night last her and the other
Informt. Mathew Hill< no role > were coming down
Holborn in their way home at the end of
Great Turnstile he received a Violent Blow on
the side of his Head & Immediately his Hath was
taken away upon which he under an Outery step
Thief & he saw two Men run down Turnstile
towards Lincolns Jim Fields one of which
to a person now present who calls himself
Robert Searson< no role > who was never out of this
Informant's Sight Till he was taken & saith
that in his pursuit he picked up a Hath which
he at first took for his own but upon examining
found it to be avery Old Hath nor did he see and
Thing of his own Hath untill it was produced
by the other Infomt Mathew Hill< no role > saith
that he is not able to speak to the Persons
of either of the persons now present who call
themselves John Price< no role > & John Rhodes< no role > non
did he see more than two in Soldiers Cloaths
And this Informant Mathew Hill< no role > for himself
saith that on Saturday Night last at the time
abovemdhe was coming down Holborn with the
other Informt. Wm Bannister< no role > & at the End of
Great Turnstiles he heard a Violent Blow given
to the said Wm. Bannister< no role > but did not see who
gave the said Blow. & heard him Cry out stop
Thief & saw him pursuing a Man in Soldiers
Cloaths this Informant also pursued & at the
End of Great Turnstile next Lincolns Inn fields
he picked up the Halt now produced