The Exaiacon & Confession of John Simpson< no role >
taken before me this 16th. of August 1723 .

London ss:

This Exaiant Saith that he being servant to Mr. John
Hallows< no role > of the Precinct of White fryers London Thread
Throwster , And that he (together wth. one William his
Fellow Servant and by his persuasion) did at diverse
Times feloniously take from his Said Master the
Quantity of Six Pounds of Thread or thereabouts And that they
Sold the Same at two Severall Places vizt Part thereof
to a Taylor in Chancery Lane & another part thereof
at a Thread Shop in the Burrough of Southwark after
the Rate of Sixteen pence P Pound & divided the money
between yr. Share Shar [..] alike.

Capt 16o. Die Augti. Anno Dui
1723 Coram me.

Geo Merttins< no role >

The Mark of
John [mark] Simpson