Old Bailey

{The King
agst.
Thomas Frankling< no role > for Felony

Francis Ryder< no role > of the parish of Saint James Clerkenwell
in the County of Middlesex Constable Maketh Oath and Saith That
on the Twelfth Day of February last he this Deponent and one Thomas
Cashmore< no role > were severally bound by Recognizance before Joseph Gridler
Esquire one of his Majesty's Justices of the peace for the said County
of Middlesex in the penalty of Forty Pounds each Upon Condition
That the said Thomas Cashmore< no role > should prosecute and this Deponent
give Evidence against the said Thomas Frankling for Feloniously
Stealing One pair of Worsted Stockings and one pair of Cotton Stockings
the property of the said Thomas Cashmore And this Deponent Saith
That on or about the Eighteenth Day of the said Month of February
this Deponent saw the Constable who took the said Thomas
Frankling< no role > at the Sign of the Cross Keys Alehouse in Theobalds Road
and this Deponent asked the said Constable where the said Thomas
Cashmore< no role > lived who informed this Deponent That the said Thomas
Cashmore< no role > was gone into Wales which Information this Deponent
believes to be true And thereupon this Deponent Apprehended that
he had nothing more to do with the said prisoner Thomas Frankling
and therefore gave himself no farther Trouble about it And this
Deponent Saith That such Neglect was not through any favour or
Reward or the hope or promise thereof but that such Neglect was
Occasioned by the means aforesaid and through no other reason or
Motive whatsoever.

Sworn in Court at the
Sessions House in the Old
Bailey the 18th. Octr. 1772 }

Francis Rider< no role >

By the Court