Middlesex to wit

The Information of Rowland Rowlands< no role > taken
before me this 10th. day of Decemr. 1777

Who being upon Oath says that he is Servant to Isabella
Jones< no role > of St. Martin's le Grand Linen Draper , that in the Night
between Saturday the 29th. & Sunday the 30th. of November last the
Shop of the said Isabella Jones< no role > was broke open and robbed of a
great Quantity of Handkerchiefs, Linens, and Cottons, that on
the Tuesday Evening following he this Informant was at the
house of Elizabeth Ireland< no role > now present where he saw a Number
of persons bargaining for Linen Drapery Goods with the said Eliz.
Ireland and that he saw a [..] Remnant of Cotton in the Possession of
the said Elizabeth Ireland< no role > which Cotton he verily believes to be
part of the Goods stolen from the said Isabella Jones< no role > , that
afterwards the same Evening he saw John Heley< no role > take a Handkerchiefs
ourt of the Pocket of the said Elizabeth Ireland< no role > which Handkerchief
he also verily believes to be part of the Goods stolen from the
said Isabella Jones< no role > , that on searching the Necessary belonging
to the said Elizabeth Ireland< no role > 's Hoses he saw there a small Bundle
of Bits of Cotton & that the said Bundle was set on fire by throwing
Bits of burning Paper down into the Necessary and the next
day this Informant examining the Remains of the said