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The Examination of Thomas Tucker< no role > apprehended
and brought 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 believes, he is about Forty three Years
of Age, and is by Trade a Carpenter , and served an
Apprenticeship to Mr. Sedgwick, a Carpenter , in Billeter
LaneSays, that at the Expiration of his Apprenticeship
he worked as Journeyman to several Carpenters, namely,
Mr Taylor of Lime Street about a Year constantlyMr Davy of
Deadman's Place, Southwark , six Months at the least
Mr Brodock late of Bishopsgate Street at different
times, two or three YearsMr Hancock of Lambeth
several Years at different timesSays, that he
quitted his Service about nine months ago, since
which he has not worked regularly at his Business
of a Carpenter , but, being obliged through Sickness
and Distress to dispose of his working Tools, he
has plied at the Water Side as a PorterSays,
that he has a Wife and Five Children at his House
in White's Yard , Rosemary Lane , for which he pays
Five Pounds a YearSays, that his Wife
goes about and sells FishSays, that he had been
to the White Horse Inn, Cripplegate on Saturday last to carry a Parcel
for a ForeignerSays, that he delivered the Parcel
to a Man under the Gateway of the Inn, and on his
[..] return home, he stopt in Aldermanbury to
make Water, and saw the Iron Crow and the other
things lying in the Corner of the Gateway of the George
Innhe picked them up, and hearing the City of
stop thief, he ran away, because, as he had picked
up the Crow and other things now produced, he thought
he was liable to be stopt.

Taken a Guildhall London
the 18th Day of November 1782
before me}
James Townsend< no role >

Thos Tucker< no role >