London
to wit}

The several Informations of John Ardley< no role > of Bunhill Row in the County
of Middlesex Dyer ,Moses Spencer< no role > of Petty coat Lane London
Fishmonger and John Ellis< no role > of No 47 Old Montague Street White Chapel
in the County of Middlesex Butcher taken on Oath before me William
Pickett< no role > Esqr. Mayor of the City of London and one of his Majesty's Justices of
the Peace in and for the said City this tenth day of December 1789 .

Who being upon Oath sat and first Informant John Ardley< no role > says that the
Person now present who Calls himself Patrick Hagan< no role > was Employed in this Deponents
Warehouse about three Months ago And that the Woollen Stuff now produced called
Long Ell he verily beleives was feloniously stolen from him and is the property of
his Deponent and his partner William Child< no role > And Informant [..] Moses Spencer< no role >
for himself saith that on Saturday Night last between 6 and 7 o'Clock he met the
said Patrick Hagan< no role > in Petty coat Lane and that said Hagan shewed him the
piece of Staff now produced and offered to sell in to Informant for a shilling per
Yard and said that the same belonged to himself but Informant suspecting the said
Hagan had not Come by the possession thereof honestly sent for a Constable, And
caused said Hagan to be [..] taken to the Warehouse, where the said
Hagan after a shal twice pushed Informant from the Door and made his
Escape but was brought back by Informant John Ellis< no role > Informant John
Ellis says on hearing the Cry to Stop Thief and seeing the said Hagan Running
he stopped him and Conveyed him to the Watchhouse

Sworn Guildhall London
the day and year above written
Before me}

Wm. Pickett< no role > Mayor

John Arkley< no role >
John Ellis< no role >

The mark [mark] of
Moses Spencer< no role >