SW

Middlesex to wit

The Information of Joseph Smith< no role > taken before me
6th. day of October 1773

Who being upon Oath says that this day was two weeks this Informant
want to the house of James Cathbert< no role > now present to take a Lodging
that he there saw two Firkins of Butter, that this Informant ask [..]
said Cuthbert how< no role > he came by them, that Cuthbert answered a man
who had kept a Chandlers Shop was in trouble and that he was
authorized to Sell them, that this Informant told him he
believed the said Firkins of Butter belonged to a Neighbour of this
Informants on Saffron Hill and were Stolen, that said Cuthbert
then said he would dispose of them as soon as Possible
otherwise they might be the means of his being Ruined

Sworn before me
Octr 6 1773}

T Smith