Middlesex to Wit

The Information of John White< no role > of the Third
Regiment of Foot Guards Soldier & George Nokes< no role >
of Chandes Street Covent Garden Cheesemonger
taken before me this 1st. day of August 1781.

Who being on Oath say and first the said John White< no role > says
that last Evening between 9 and 10 o'Clock he went into the
Shop of the said George Nokes< no role > to buy a pennywort [..]
Butler. where he saw a Person now present who ca [..]
herself Mary Williams< no role > . That he there observed the said
Mary Williams< no role > take a Ham now produced from amongst a
number of other Hams, bide the same under her Cloak and
walk away with it. That he followed her & brought her
back and at the Shopdoor she dropped the said Ham
from under her Cloak. And the said George Nokes< no role >
for Himself says that the Ham now produced is his
Property and as he verily believes was Stolen out of
his Shop by the said Mary Williams< no role > as above
mentioned.

Sworn before me this
First day of August 1781.}

Sampr Wright< no role >

John White< no role >
Geol Nokes