Middlesex
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The Information of Joseph Ephraim of
Off Alley in the Parish of St. Martinson the
fields in the said County working Jeweller
taken before me this 25th. day of October
in the Year of our Lord 1786

Who being upon Oath says that he knows
two Person now present who call themselves
William Thompson< no role > and Joseph Burgess< no role > and
also Robert Hilliard< no role > (who he is informed is now
in new Prison ) and also Joseph Thompson< no role >
who is now in Newgate and John Mr. Neel who [..] is now at large.

That about two Months age said William
Thompson and Robert Hilliard< no role > came to this
Informant and sold him three or four silver
Table spoons and three or four tea spoons [..]
Table Cloths and the Cook of a Tea U [..] of
Tunenague washd with silver for about £4.10

That about a fortnight after the said William
Thompson and Robt. Hilliard< no role > brought to this
Informant half a Dozen silver table spoons, some
tea spoons and the tops of Creech and sold
them for to him for two or three Guineas and
told him that they had stolen them a little way
or the Country

That soon after the said Willm. Thompson< no role >
and Robert Hilliard< no role > brought to this Informant
four Pair of Shapes of shoes embroidered with silver
and ornamented with gold spangles on white
sattin and two or three pair of Woman Habit
Gloves