Middlesex

The Several Informations of Eleanor
Hatton< no role > and John Lane< no role > Taken the 17th.
day of January 1785 .

First the said Eleanor Hatton< no role > upon her Oath
Saith That She is the Wife of Edward Hatton< no role >
of Johns Court Hamsay Street Silver Buckle Maker
That on friday Evening about the hour of 8 o'Clock
as She was Standing at the comer of Hanway Street
in Tottenham Court Road buying some Sprats a Boy
came up to her gave her a Push and forcibly took
out of her Right Hand a Large pair of Silver Buckles
and immediately made his Escape That the Buckles
are the property of her said Husband and are of the
Value of Thirty Shillings and upwards

And this Informant John Lane< no role > upon
his oath Saith that he is of the Age of Eleven
Years or thereabouts and is the Son of Hannah Lane< no role >
of Caroline Mews Bedford Square Mantua Maker
That about the hour of 8 o'Clock in the Evening above
mentioned his said Mother sent him to buy some
Sprats That he Stop'd at the corner of Hanway Yard
in Tottenham Court road for that purpose and Saw
the above named Eleanor Hatton< no role > Stand there also
That he saw a Boy now in Custody Namely William
Smith< no role > and another Boy come up and pushed the