Middlesex
to Wit}

The Information of William Laythorpe< no role >
taken upon Oath before me William Blackborow< no role >
Esqr . One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
in and for the said County this 22nd. day of
March 1786 .

This Informant upon his Oath saith that on this
day He was at work in a field adjoining the Back Road
Islington That at about the hour of Three O Clock in
the Afternoon He saw the Prisoner George Woodward< no role >
get into a Waggon that was going towards London
and at the same time George Roberts< no role > the other Prisoner
and another Person not yet taken Ran underneath the
Tail of the Waggon and the said George Woodward< no role > then
Threw out a Small Bundle tyed up in a Yellow
Handkerchief which was Catched by one of them
They all then went over the Fields And this
Informant further saith that about Six O Clock the said
George Woodward< no role > and the other Person not yet taken came
past this Informant who Immediately followed them
to the George Public House Islington where the two
Prisoners were taken

Taken and Sworn before me
the day and year above
Written}

W Blackborow

his
Wm. [mark] Laythorpe< no role >
Mark