Middlesex
to wit

The Information of David Harris< no role > taken
on Oath the Thirteenth day of November 1789 before
me one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County
of Middlesex

Who Saith That about one o'Clock in the morning of the sixth
day of November Instant as he was going from Hackney to
London he was met and stop on the Past was in a field near the Mutton
and Catt near the Kings Highway in the Parish of Saint John
Hackney in the said County of Middlesex by three man thinks
there wee four, when the Prisoner [..] now under Examination
said to this Informant you old Irish Bagger what are You
going to give us to drink or towards the Bonfire, Informant
Hold them he had no money and if he had the Bonfire was
nearly out and that he had but one farthing about him
them One of the men said search the Old Bagger and [..]
two of them searched both his Breeches Pockets and his
Fob Pocket and Found nothings then one of the man said
that the money was in his HandKerchief and immediatly
James [..] Cherry< no role > now under Examination took his
Hand kerchief from off his Neck and Searched the Corners
of it and then struck this Informant a violent blow
which Knocked him down to the Ground then Informant
got up and Hollowed out Murder and then the Prisoner
Cherry again struck this Informant on the Nose and
called him an Irish Bagger and then they all ran away
towards Haggeston and this Informant came on thro
the Fields towards London.

Taken and Sworn the
day and Year abovesaid
before me}
John Spiller< no role >

Dance Harris< no role >