Middlesex

The Examination of Samuel
Fletcher< no role > taken before me
Sir Robert Taylor< no role > Knight one
of his Majestys Justice of the
Peace for the said County
of Middlesex

This Examinant Voluntary saith that on Monday
last he went to the House of Richard
Benchman< no role > in Bowl hard Saint Giles
and on going into the Parlor got the Key
of his Dining Room went up into the
Same and feloniously Stole therein
three Coats two Waistcoats two pairs of
Breeches two Gowns one Sheet two
Damask Table Cloths a pair of Metal
Candlesticks a punch Ladle one Silver
Table Spoon two Silver Tea Spoons one
pair of Silver Tea Tongs a Shirt & as
Hatt and this Examinant further Saith
that after he had Committed the above
Felony he was going along Jewin Street
when he met with one George Read< no role >
a person Whom he had known from
having been in Custody with this Examinant
Sometime ago, who bought a Coat and
Hatt of him when this Examinant told
him he had some property which he would