Middlesex
to wit}

The Information of Thomas Adams< no role > and
Thomas Jacks< no role > taken on Oath before me one
of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the
County of Middlesex aforesaid

This Informant Thomas Adams< no role > saith That on the Eleventh day
of December Instant about seven O'Clock in the Evening there was
feloniously stolen out of his shop situate in Lamb street in the Parish
of Christ Church one Lump of Sugar weighing about five or six
and twenty Pounds the property of this Informant and further
saith that the Lump of Sugar now produced by the said Thomas
Jacks< no role > is th same which was stolen from this Informant as
aforesaid

And this Informant Thomas Jacks< no role > saith that about the
same time he was going to Mr. Adams's< no role > Shop to bury some
Sugar, that at the door way he met John Moore< no role > the Prisoner
now under Examination, with the said Lump of Sugar in
his Arms , which he was the said John More< no role > steal out of the
shopandThat the said John More< no role > attempted to run away
with the same down Wheeler Street but on this Informants
crying out stop thief and running after him he threw the Sugar
Down and was immediately taken into Custody in sight of
this Informant.

Taken and Sworn the
12th. day of December
1782. before}

J Penleaze< no role >

Thos. Adams< no role >
James Jacks< no role >