Middlesex .

The Examination of Charles Walton< no role > Joseph Orchard< no role >
and Thomas Kings< no role > charged with Felony by John Nicoll< no role > one of the
[..] Mongers of the Mint [..] of the
[..] Tower of London
and taken before me Sir Sampson Wright< no role > Knt.
one of his MAJESTY'S Justices of the Peace for the
County of Middlesex , this 31st. Day of December
17 85 .

Who severally and [..] jointly say that they are employed
by the Mongers of his Majesty's Mint in the Tower
of London as LabourersThat yesterday they found
a Quantity as Grain's of gold in a Sieve in the
Mint aforesaid as they were infting the Poundings
of the Crucibles in which [..] Gold is melted
which they feloniously took away and sold the
same day to William Payor of the Minories London
for ten shillings and six pence

Charles Walton< no role >
Joseph Archard< no role >
Thos. Knight< no role >

Taken before me the Day
and Year above written}
Sampn Wright< no role >