THE Examination of George Lidtrap< no role > a
Rogue and Vagabond apprehended by Richard Carnock< no role >
Constable of the precinct of Norwood in Mid
in the sd Precinct of Norwood
and brought before me one
of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County
aforesaid, And taken before
me this 30th Day of January
in the Year of our Lord 1769

Who saith upon Oath that he was born at
Claynch in ye County of worcester, when his
rather who was a Labouring man Lodg'd, But
whether his said father was a Parishioners
there he knoweth not, that his said father
died when he was about Eleven years old
that He never was an Apprentice an hired
Servant or an Housekeeper or ever gam'd any
Settlement since his Birth but has earnd his
Likeyhood by being a Labourer , that he has been
out of work these Nos month & has all that
time been strutting about the Country without
any settled abode & has for the last two
Nights lodg'd in a Born that He found open
in Southall

Sworn before me the day
& year above written
James Clitherow< no role >

The mark of
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George Lidtrap< no role >