London to wit

The Examination of John Jones< no role >
apprehended and brought before me John Hart< no role > Esquire
one of his Majesty< no role > 's Justices of the Peace For the Said
City, Who saith, that he believes he is twenty one Years
of AgoSays, that at the Age of Sixteen Years, he
entered, for the First time into Service with Mr.
Torriano, a Proctor in Doctors Commons , and continued
writing Clerk to him about a Year and three Months
Says, that after quitting the Service of Mr. Foriano
he had no regular Means of going a Livelhood
Says, that he was sentenced to suffer three Year's
hard Labour on the River Thames For Felony,
and was released from the Hulk in May last,
since which time, he had been in no Service or Place
but depended on the Support of his Father, who is
a Journeyman NewmanSays, that he has
no Place in view or Expectation of if he was
now discharged, and no other Means of his Support
and Maintenance, save and except from his Father

Taken at Guildhall London
the 4th Day of January 1782
before me}
John Hart< no role >

John Jones< no role >