London
to wit}
The Information of
Richard Taylor< no role >
of Custom house Court
Beer Lane
London
Yeoman
taken upon Oath before me
William
Pickett< no role >
Esqr.
Mayor
of the City of London
and One His Majestys
Justices of the peace
for the said City this 5th. day of December 1789
.
Who being upon Oath saith that yesterday after near he was
Employed in RollingLandingSugars at Dice they and that [..] a few
Minutes after he had left [..] the Casks of Sugar he saw a panel
of loose Sugar lying on the Ground and that he immediately went
up to the Casks and saw the person now present who Calls himself
Samuel Sanders< no role >
Standing near the sugar whom he Immediate
seized and found upon him a Bag containing Eighteen
pounds Weight of Moist Sugar now produced and Informant further Saith
that he verily believes the Sugar so found in the possesion of
the said Samuel Sanders< no role >
was felandurly stolen by him out of due
of the said Casks upon Vice Key aforesaid
Sworn at Guildhall
London
the 5th. day of December 1789
}
Wm Pickett< no role >
Mayor
Richard Tayler< no role >
London
to wit}
The Information of
John Eden< no role >
of No 10 Bermondsey Buildings
Southwark
Cooper
taken upon Oath before me
William Pickett< no role >
Esqr
. Mayor
of the City
of London
and one of his Majesty's Justices of the peace
for the said City this 5th day
of December 1789
.
Who being upon Oath says that the Sugar now produced
he verily beleives to be the property of John Thornton< no role >
Esqr
.How [..]
Sworn at Guildhall
London
the 5th. day of December 1789
}
Wm Pickett< no role >
Mayor
John Eden< no role >