Middlesex
to wit}

The Informations of Thomas Rood< no role > Edward
Mee< no role > and Elizabeth Miller< no role > Against Peter
Piper< no role > on Suspicion of having Committed a
Burglary in the Dwelling House of John
Wall< no role > in the Parish of Bromley Saint Leonard
in the said County Taken by and before us
John Staples< no role > and William Quaerill< no role > Esqrs two
of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in &
for the said County

Thomas Rood< no role > being upon his Oath saith that
he lives in Frying Pan Alley in the Parish
of Christ Church in the County of Middlesex
and is a Labourer That he was Yesterday
about Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon at Work in a field
at Bow Common That he saw the Person
new present who says his Name is Peter
Piper< no role > in a field there, Cutting Greens
That he this Informant went up to him and
Asked him what Business he had there
and desired him to put the greens down thinking thatthat he
he had got Green in a Bag which was on his Shoulder [..] That
he refused to put the [..] Bag down and
threatened to Stab this Informant if he came
near him That this Informant called
to Mr Mee who was in an opposite Field
who came over to this Informant upon
which the said Peter Piper< no role > threw down
the Bag and ran away That Mr Mee
Pursued him and this Informantopened
took the Bag and carryed the same to the
[..] next Public House and on opening the same
found it to Contain the five Pewter Disk