Westminster to wit

The Information of
Albert Saluagnida de Rotteris< no role > of
No. 22 Dean Street Holborn
Gentleman James Whitaker< no role > of
Battle Bridge Tooley Street in the
Borough of Southwark Sailmaker ,
and Alexander Bryson< no role > of Bow
Street Covent Garden Labourer
taken before me this 31st.. day of
March 1787 .

Who being upon Oath severally say and first
the said Albert Saluaguida de Rotteris< no role > for
himself saith, that on Saturday Evening last
about 8 o'Clock at the Top of Bow Street Covent
Garden , he saw two Men Standing [..]
he believes to be the Person now present who
called [..] John [..] That he
Showed said Men the Paper now produced
and asked them his way to Dean Street
Holborn . That one of said Men directed him
one way and the other Man another way
That immediatly one of said Men who was dressed in a Brown Coat Matched
this Informants Mock Watch and Chain now
produced out of his Pocket [..]
[..]
[..] That this Informants
called an "Hop Thief" and laid hold of the said
Man in the brown Coat who being too
Strong for this Informant, got from him
and Man away as did his Companion [..] And the said
James< no role >