Middlesex to Wit

The Information of Charles Mann< no role > Landlord of the Three
Compasses near Mile End Turnpike taken before me
this 31st. day of August 1781

Who being upon Oath says that at about 11 o Clock in the
Night of the 13th.. of June last he was stopped in the New Road that
leads from Cannon Street to the London Hospital by three Footpads
one of whom robbed him of a Corkscrew and in the Scuffle (he having
refused to be robbed) fired a [..] Pistol at him, the shot or Ball of
which slightly graced his headSays that he is very sure a
person now present who calls himself John Steward< no role > is one of
the said three Footpads and is the identical person who took
the Cork Screw out of his pocket and fired the said Pistol at him

Sworn before me this
31st. day of August 1781}

W Addington

Charles mann< no role >