I next went to the borough of York, for the purpose of acquiring a trade, and became an apprentice to Joseph Spangler, a cabinet maker of that place, with whom I continued two years. At York I fell into very bad company. I found there were others in the world, nearly, if not quite as bad as myself; and wickedness is greatly encouraged with countenance and company. _We were frequently engaged in robbing orchards, stealing apples, peaches_, &c. The first winter I lived at York, I _stole_ between four and five dollars from Mr. Spangler. I took it out of a small chest I found in his bed room. One of my shop-mates was blamed for it, but I now declare him innocent of the crime. I _frequently stole segars and tobacco_ from the store of George Small, in York, and gave them to my associates, who had previously requested me to do so. After my apprenticeship was ended, I was employed as cabinet maker for a short time, by John Beck, in York. I _stole_ from him, at different times, such articles as I needed to finish some furniture I was making for myself, such as paints, varnish, &c. I was strongly suspected for this; _but I lied them out of it_, and contended most strenuously that I had _bought_ all the articles I used. Shortly after this, I lived a short time with Jacob Lehr, in Freystown, near York. While there, a harvest frolic was held at Mrs. Smithmoyer’s. I knew that all of Daniel Louck’s family would be at the frolic; consequently, I went to his house, broke in through one of the windows, opened a desk with a key of my own, and _took out a pocket book_, as I then supposed, full of money. I then left the house as I entered it; and on my way home through the fields, I examined the pocket book, and found that it contained nothing but papers which I could not read. I threw the pocket book and papers into some bushes that grew in a field belonging to Mr. Diehl. All the money I got on that occasion was about one dollar and fifty cents in silver. I never heard that I was suspected of this theft. About the same time of the above occurrence, I was working in harvest at Mr. Diehl’s, and I then _stole two five dollar bank notes_, which I saw lying on the porch of their house; I was never suspected for this, and never heard any enquiry made about it.