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The Examination of James Smith< no role > charged
with Felony taken before me this 5th. day of Janry
1787 .

Who saith that he is a Labourer and has been in London
six Weeks onlyThat he was born at Stratfordsea in HantsThat
he hath never been in any employ since he came to LondonThat
he intended going into Kent, digging in Hop GroundsThat he lives
at a House in the Mint but cannot tell where or described the House
that he knows Joseph Busby< no role > als. Burbidge now present who was with
him in the Berkshire MilitiaThat said Joseph Busby< no role > als.
Burbidge< no role > is by trade a Bricklayer and sleeps chiefly in this Examinants LodgingsandThat he also knows one William Allen< no role > who is a Bricklayer and lives in Tothill Street
Westminster That Busby, Allen, and this Examinant sat out
last Night between seven and eight o'Clock to go to a House at or near
Halsden Green near Wilsden [..] where said Busby and Allen
told this Examinant that they knew how to get a few ShillingsThat
said Busby, Allen, and this Examinant got over the Garden Wall
of a Gentlemans House, which he hath since understood belongs to
Mr. Robert Tubbs< no role > at Halsden Green aforesaid where theyofStole
the Lead now Produced but in conveying the same away the said
Busby was fired at and Wounded and afterwards apprehended
together with this Examinant and the said Allen escaped.

Taken and acknowledged
the day and Year first above
Written before me}

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