London to wit

The Examination of John Page< no role > , apprehended
by Thomas Gates< no role > , City Marshal, and brough before me
James Townsend< no role > Esquire , one of his Majesty< no role > 's Justices
of the Peace for the said City Who saith, that he
hath been informed, and he verily believes the same to
be true, that he was born at Wotton , near Basingstoke
in Hampshire , and that he is the Son of Thomas Page< no role >
a Carpenter at WootonSays, that he was bound an
Apprentice for seven Years, to his Father, and his
time expired about nine Months agoThat he worked
with Mr Jay a Carpenter at Basingstoke about six
Weeks, and then he came to London to get Work
Says, that he don't chuse to tell where he has lodged
during the time he has been in Townthat he has
not worked any where for the six Months he has
been in LondonSays, that he brought about twelve
Giuneas with him to Town, and the First Night he
Lay at the Bull and Gate in Holborn Says, that
he was drinking on Saturday Morning at a Publick
House in Petticoat Lane , And a Woman, who was a
Stranger to Examinant, introduced him to the House
in Harrow Alley , where he was apprehended, to
have some Break fastSays, he never was before in
the House, and that William Stuart< no role > , taken with him
is a Stranger to him, and he never remember to
have seen him before Saturday lastSays, that
he has had about half a dozen Lodgings in London,
and don't chuse to tell any one of them.

Taken at Guild hall London
the 4th Day of November 1782
before me}

John Paye< no role >

James Townsend< no role >