Middlesex
to wit
The Examination of
John Small< no role >
a Rogue and
Vagabond apprehended by
John Armstrong< no role >
, Constable
taken on oath before me one of His Majesty's
Justices of the Peace
in and for the said County this
25th. day of February 1794.
Who Saith That he is by a Trade a Chip Hat Weaver
that he is at
present employed by his Father in carrying about Game Cocks
and that the place of his last legal Settlement is in the Parish of
Saint Leonard Shoreditch
in the County aforesaid by his father
renting a House in Webb Square
in the said Parish and paying
Taxes for the same.
The Mark of the said
[mark]
John Small< no role >
Taken and Sworn before me
the day and Year first above
written.
W Browne
The Examination of the said John Armstrong< no role >
Who on his Oath saith That this Evening the 25th. day of february
instant about seven o Clock he apprehended the said John Small< no role >
in Shoreditch
in the said County, the said small was following
a Man who had a bundle under his Coat, and this Examinant
verily believes that the said small intended to steal the said Bunde [..]
if this Examinant had not apprehended him and this examinant
saith that the said small is a person of evil fame and a reput [..]
Thief.
Taken and Sworn the day and
year first above written
before me
John Armstrong< no role >
W Browne