Middlesex
to Wit
The Information of
Maria Laidley< no role >
Wife
of
Thomas
Laidley< no role >
of Knightsbridge
Bricklayer
Elizabeth
Whitehead< no role >
of Knightsbridge
aforesaid Wife
of
William Whitehead< no role >
and
James Adams< no role >
of Hooper
Court
Garden Row
Knightsbridge
aforesaid Milkman
taken before me this 23rd. day of December 1785
Who being upon Oath say, and first the said Maria Laidley< no role >
says that about half part Five o'Clock this Evening the two
Sheets now produced were stolen out of this Informants
Garden at Knightsbridge
as [..] the hath been informed
The said Elizabeth Whitehead< no role >
says that about half after five
o'Clock this Evening she saw the said Sheets hanging on a Line
in the said Maria Laidleys Yard at Knightsbridge
aforesaid that
in about ten Minutes afterwards says missed said Sheets
the said James Adams< no role >
says that having heard of said Robbery
and seeing apenon now present who calls himself John
Ingram< no role >
coming along Sloane street
aforesaid [..] with
two other persons he suspected them to have been guilty of
them the samea Robbery and pursured them and apprehended the said
John Ingram< no role >
That the other two Men escaped on
which he searched said Ingram immediately and [..] found
upon him the said twoTable ClothSheets
Sworn before me this
23rd. day of Decr. 1785}
Rt. Tayler< no role >
Mr. Leadley
James Adams< no role >
Mr. Whitehard