Middlesex
to wit}

The Informations of Robert French< no role > George Clarke< no role >
George Collins< no role > John Deely and William Cook< no role >
taken upon Oath the 28th. Day of August 1789.

Who upon their sevl. Oaths say and first the said
Robert French< no role > for himself saith that he is a Butcher and
employed the Prisoner William Layton< no role > in driving Sheep for
him when purchased in Smithfield to the Field where the
same are kept till he wants them to kill & then to drive the
same to his House for such purpose and that that Sheep
Skin now produced is his Property

George Clark< no role > for himself saith that the Prisoner
William Layton< no role > came to him on or about the Seventeenth
Day of August Instant and told him that he wod. be much
obliged to him if he wod. let his Servant kill a Sheep for
him that had been returned upon his Hands by a Master
that he worked for as such Sheep had been lost two
Days & when found & presented to such Master he wod.
not receive it as it was wasted & a good deal worse than
when it was bought but stopt his Wages weekly towards paying for the same and for that Reason he desired he
wod. kill and make the best of it that he consented to let
the same be killed & in the Evens, about seven oClock
the Prisoner brought such Sheep but he the sd. George
Clarke< no role > was gone from Home & therefore did not then see
the same but his Servant George Collins< no role > killed it that
when came to look at the Carcase next Morning & see
it turned out so good & the Prisoner William Layton< no role >
coming to his Shop to see if such Sheep was killed he
asked the sd. Prisoner William Layton< no role > whose Sheep
it really was he after some Hesitation declared it was
his Master Mr. French's that he in Consequence of such

D Walker< no role >