Middlesex
to wit
The Informations of
Joseph
Bruce< no role >
Coachman
to
Samuel
Thornton< no role >
of Kings Arms Yard
Coleman Street
Esquire
and
John
Atkins< no role >
of Bow Street
Yeoman
taken before me this 20th. day of
December 1787
.
Who being upon Oath severally say and first
the said Joseph Bruce< no role >
for himself says that
between twelve and one oClock this day he put
up his Masters Chariot in his Coach House in
Kings Arms Yard
aforesaid leaving upon the Box
thereof the Box Coat now produced and the Coach house
door standing upon that when he returned to the
Coach House about a quarter before Four this
Afternoon he missed the said Box Coat and believes
it was stolen by some person or other And the
said John Atkins< no role >
for himself Says that this
Afternoon about three o'Clock he met the Person
now present who calls himself John Mc Kenzie< no role >
in Lincolns Inn Fields
with the Box Coat now
produced upon his Back that suspecting he had
stolen the said Box Coat he took him into custody
Sworn before me
the day and Year aforesaid}
N Bond
Joseph Bruce< no role >
John Atkins< no role >