Coun. How happen'd you to take Notice of this Letter?
Smith. Seeing the York Stamp.
Coun. From theſe Circumſtances did you come down here?
Smith. Yes, indeed, I did come upon this Account.
Coun. When you came to the Caſtle, did you challange him, or know him?
Smith. Yes, I did, upon the firſt View of him, and pointed him out from among all the reſt of the Priſoners.
Coun. How long is it ſince you saw him laſt?
Smith. I think about five Years.
Coun. Do you know any Thing more of him?
Smith. I think he might be about eleven or twelve Years old, when I Went to the Exciſe and he worked with his Father, who was a Butcher.
Coun. Was he ever ſet up in the Butcher Trade?
Smith. Yes, I know he was.
Coun. How long might he live in that Way?
Smith. I, cannot, tell; he lived at †[1] in Eſſex, and left it about ſix Years, and after he kept a Publick House.
Coun. Did you afterward ſee him?
Smith. Yes, I ſaw him afterwards ſix Miles from thence.
Coun. What became of him then?
- ↑ There was ſuch Noiſe in the Court, that the Gentleman who took down the Trial, could not distinctly hear the Name of the Place but apprehended it to be Boxhill, or ſome ſuch Name.
