Middlesex
to wit}

The Information of David Lewis< no role > of Cornhill
in the City of London Seedsman Joshua
Mitchell< no role > Servant to Messrs Fields and Co.
of Thames Street in the said City Seedsmen
and John Lee< no role > Servant to Mr JamesThamesWhite< no role >
of White Chapel High Street Middlesex
Seedsman taken this 20th day of February
1784 .

Who being on their Oaths say and First the said David
Lewis< no role > for himself on hissaith That last Night
about Six o'Clock he delivered to Joshua Mitchell< no role >
Servant to John and John Field< no role > and Richard
Labrum < no role > of lower Thames Street Seedsmen and Hempen
Sack Containing about Fifty Six Pounds of Onion
Seed to be by him the said Joshua to be Conveyed
to his said Masters.

This Informant Joshua Mitchell< no role > for himself saith
That he received the aforesaid Hempen Sack
and Onion Seed from the said David Lewis< no role > as
aforesaid [..] and put the same into his Masters
Cart then Standing at Mr Lewis's Door on Cornhill
aforesaid and Fastened the same to the side of
the said Cart That between this place and
the Monument in Grace Church Street the said
Sack and Seed were Stolen out of his sd Cart
and that the Hempen Sack no Produced
Containing a Quantity of onion Seed is the property
of his said Masters and the same sack that was
Stolen from him as aforesaid.

And this Informant Joseph John Lee< no role > for himself saith
that last Night the person now present who calls
himself John Arrow< no role > about Eight o'Clock came to
his Masters Shop in White Chapel High Street
and Asked this Informant if he would Buy a
Quantity of Onion Seed that he would let him
have a Bargain That after some Conversation
between them he this Informant bought [..] the
said Seed of the said John Arrow< no role > and paid him
Seven Shillings for the same That the said John
Arrow left the Sack now produced containing the
said Seed was to call for the samethatthe Morning of
this Day This Informationnts further saith that
as soon as he saw his Master he told him what
he had done who [..] suspecting the same had
said Sack and Seed had