George Town: The Examination of George Town 30 August 1703

|West Rid Com Eboy Ss|The Exaiaion of George Town of Linghill now in Custody Take{n} this 30.^th day of Aug^t 1703 before Ambrose Pudsay Esq^r. &c^t.

Who upon his Exaiaion saith that on Satturday the 28.^th Instant he overtook upon Burn moon a ꝑson who called himselfe John (who at p^resent is in custody with him) who told him he was goeing to Shapp. and in their Road he called at Michall Lawsons house, where he got some Small beere, and as he beleivs did not Stay there above a quart^er of an hour, he doth confess that he was bound over by Recognizance to appear at the Assizes in March last holden at York, by Edward Parkinson of Townshead in Slaidborn (who accused him for paying him 3. counterfeit Crown peic^s) but that he did not appear according to the S^d Recognizance. Exam̄ die et an̄ &c^t                                     George Towne Ambr. Pudsay