Middlesex to wit

The Information of Daniel Gilkes< no role > of Wapping Street in the Parish of Saint
John of Wapping in the said County Dealer and Richard Mathews< no role > Servant to
the said Daniel Gilkes< no role > taken this 28th. day of July 1789 before me John
Staples< no role > Esquire one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace in and for the said County
and first the said Daniel Gilkes< no role > for himself saith that on Saturday last he was
Robbed of one Breast Buckle of the value of three shillings and one pair of
Leather Shoes of the Value of One Shilling and that the Breast Buckle and Leather
Shoes produced are his property

Taken and sworn before me the day
and year first above written}

John Staples< no role >

Dan Gilkes< no role >

The said Richard Mathews< no role > on his Oath Saith that on Saturday last the person
present who says his name is Thomas Brown< no role > came to his Master Shop
Situate as aforesaid and asked to look at some Breast Buckles which he
showed him that in a few minutes he mist one of the said Breast Buckles and
Charged the said Thomas Brown< no role > with Stealing it when the said Thomas
Brown< no role > produced the said Breast Buckle and was afterwards Searched
and the pair of Leather Shoes produced was found concealed in his Breeches.

Taken and Sworn before me the day
and Year first above written}

John Staples< no role >

Richard Matthews< no role >

Thomas Brown< no role > says he found the Breast Buckle on the floor in the
Shop and that he bought the Shoes of a Woman in Rosemary Lane for
his Sisters Child

Taken Signed and declared to be the
Truth the day and Year first above
Written before me}

John Staples< no role >

his
Thomas [mark] Brown< no role >
Mark