Middlesex
To wit
The Information of
Joseph Grey< no role >
taken
before me this 6th. day of January 1773
Who being upon Oath says that about a Month or 6 Weeks ago
as he was walking in Company with Robert Armstrong< no role >
and George
Armstrong< no role >
they told him that they had broke open the East India
Companys [..] Lane Street and stolen a Quantity of
Tea some time ago which they had disposed of, that this
Informant and the said Robert Armstrong< no role >
and George Armstrong< no role >
afterwards went through Leadenhall Market
where this
Informant shewe'd them which were the East India Company's
Warehouses there, that the said Robert Armstrong< no role >
and George
Armstrong paid they would [..] do the said Warehouse in
Leadenhall Market
& would give this Informant a Share the
same as if he was with them by which this Informant verily
believes they meant to break open the said Ware house, that
on Thursday the 31st. of December last this Informant seeing
by an Advertisement in the Newspaper that the said Ware
house had been broke open and a great Quantity of Silk
Handkerchiefs stolen went to the said George Armstrong< no role >
who
told this Informant that the said Warehouse war done & that
they would make him a handsome present but that they were
obliged to his still for a while, that the next day the 1st. of
January this Informant was in Company with the said George
Armstrong andRobertwith William Cottrel< no role >
when they told this
Informant they intended to give him three pieces of Handkerchief
a piece and they said William Cottrel< no role >
told him that George