John Myres< no role > of James Street< no role > Covent Garden Taylor maketh Oath and saith that
sometime in the Month of April last he was bound over by a Recognizance taken
before Sir John Fielding< no role > Knight one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the
County of Middlesex to Prosecute one Ann Davis< no role > for Picking his Pockett of
Four Guineas and upwards, but that he this Deponent being a Foreigner and
entirely Ignorant of the Nature of such Recognizance and that he this Deponent
can neither read or write, neglected to Perform the same, he this Deponent thinking
the Affair was settled before the said Six John Fielding< no role > , and this Deponent further
saith that he did not Neglect to Prosecute the said Ann Davis< no role > thro' any wilful
Act or Deed [..] out of any Favour or Affection to the said Ann Davis< no role >

Sworn in Open Court at the Old Bailey Hicks Hall
on Wednesday the 21st. day of October 1772 }

By the Court
Butler

By the Court

The Mark of
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John Myres< no role >

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