London
to wit}
The Examination of
Christopher Kennedy< no role >
apprehended as a Rogue and Vagabond and brought before
me
William Newman< no role >
Esquire
one of His Majesty's Justices of the
Peace in and for the Said City
Who being upon Oath, saith that he is aged
next twenty eight Yearssaith that from the Age of eleven
or twelve Years he has been in His Majesty's Navy, until
about eighteen Months age, when he was paid off from the Santa
Margaritasaith that he then entered on Board the Victor, a
coasting Vessel, Where he continued about seven Months, and
that since that Time he hath been in no Consent Employment
other than driving a Jackass, and hawking Vegetables about
the Streets, and that his Place of Settlement is in the Parish of
Saint Clement Danes
, in the County of Middlesex
, both by his Birth
and by his Father's renting a Houses in the said Parish.
Taken and Sworn this
21st July 1786
before me
at Guildhall
London}
Wm Newman< no role >
Christopher Kennedy< no role >