Middlesex .

Westminster to wit

The Examination of William Shepherd< no role >
charged with felony by John Lear< no role >
of the Parish of Saint Martin in the fields in
the C ity and of Liberty of Westminster
; and taken before me Sir Sampson Wright< no role > Knt .
one of his MAJESTY'S Justices of the Peace for the said City
and Liberty County of Middlesex ,this 4th Day of October
1786 .

Who [..] saith that on the 14th day
of September last he feloniously stole in the Kitchen of the
said John Lear< no role > 's House three silver Tea Spoons That he broke said
spoons in Order to sell them that [..] and afterwards gave [..]
them [..] to a person now Present who calls himself James
Holliwell< no role > to sell them for him,

William Sheperd< no role >

Taken before me the Day
and Year above written,}

Sampn Wright< no role >