Middlesex
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The Information of Mathew Daw< no role >
Coachman to the Honble. Frederic Vane< no role > at
Chelsea Hospital taken on Oath before me
this 18th. day of May 1789.

Who being on Oath says that about half an hour
past Ten oClock this Morning the Great Coat now produced was
Stolen from off the box of his Master's Carriage as it stood
in the Coach-house adjoining to Chelsea Colledge and upon this
Informant making known his loss, he was informed that two
Men had been down the Yard with Asses Carrying Potatoes
and that it must [..] be one of them that had taken the
said Coat. Upon receiving such information this Informant
enquired which way the said men were gone and then pursued
them that this Informant overlook the prisoner now present
who Calls himself George Woodland< no role > about four hundred Yards
on the other side Battersea Bridge and that said prisoner as
soon as he saw this Informant, took said Great Coat out of
a Hamper (which his Ass was Carrying) and threw it over
a Hedge. That this Informant then took said Prisoner into
Custody who begged for Mercy and wanted this Informant to
forgive him And this Informant further saith that the treat
Coat now produced is the same that was Stolen from the Carriage
andas aforesaid and is the property of his Master The Honble
Frederic Vane< no role > Esquire

Sworn before me the day
and Year above written
Sampn Wright}

Matthew Tom< no role >