three Weeks that he had lost it two Days & when found
& brought back Mr. French he refused to accept it but stopt
his Wages weekly towards paying for the same that he
then told the sd. George Clarke< no role > he knew Mr. French did
no such Thing as stop the Prisoner's Wages that he asked
the sd. George Clarke< no role > what Mark was upon the Skin & when
he informed thereof he answered that he thought the
same was his Masters Sheep and desired him to sell &
make the best. he cod. of it that he afterwards went &
looked at the Skin & beleives the Mark thereon to be the
same he marks his Sheep with at the Time he buys them
in Smithfield

William Cooke< no role > for himself saith that being a
Constable he was applyed to by George Clarke< no role > a Butcher
to take the Prisoner William Layton< no role > into Custody upon
suspicion of stealing a Sheep the Property of Robert
French< no role > a Butcher in Little Charlotte Street Rathbone
Place & that on Tuesday the 18th. Day of August Instant
he took him in the Shop of the sd. George Clarke< no role > and that
the Skin now produced he has compared with other
Sheep of the said Robert French< no role > & exactly bears the
same Mark

Taken the Day and Year
before mentioned before
me}

D Walker< no role >

Robert French< no role >
George Clark< no role >

Mark
The [mark] of
George Collins< no role >

John Deeley< no role >
William Cook< no role >