  We present the techniques used to determine redshifts and to characterize the
spectra of objects in the Caltech Faint Galaxy Redshift Survey in terms of
spectral classes and redshift quality classes. These are then applied to
spectra from an investigation of a complete sample of objects with $K_s<20$ mag
in a 2 by 7.3 arcmin^2 field at J005325+1234. Redshifts were successfully
obtained for 163 of the 195 objects in the sample; these redshifts lie in the
range [0.173, 1.44] and have a median of 0.58 (excluding 24 Galactic stars).
The sample includes two broad lined AGNs and one QSO.
