Old Bailey

The King Eleanor Parker< no role > for Felony

William Vincent< no role > of Knights bridge in the County of Middlesex Labourer
Thomas Reid< no role > of the same Place Coachman and William Bird< no role > of the same place
Watchman Severally make Oath and say that on the Twenty fourth Day
of September last they these Deponents were severally bound by Recognize
before Mr. Justice Wright each in the Penalty of forty Pounds he this Deponent
William Vincent< no role > to prosecute and they these Deponents Thomas Reid< no role > and William
Bird< no role > to Testify and give Evidence against the above named Defendant Eleanor
Parker< no role > for felony And these Deponents severally say that pursuant to the
Condition of their said Recognize they these Deponents did attend at the Session
held at the Guild hall in King Street Westminster and did there preferr and give
Evidence for the felony aforesaid which Bill of Indictment was by the said
Grand Jury Returned a true Bill as these Deponents have been informed and
believe And these Deponents severally say that pursuant to the Condition of
their said Recognizance they these Deponents did attend this Honourable Court
about the hour of Elevrn in the forenoon on wednesday last being the first Day
this present Session in order to prosecute and give evidence against the said
Eleanor Parker< no role > but on these Deponents going up the Steps leading to this Court
they met the said Prisoner coming down the Steps having just then been
Discharged for want of these Deponents appearing to give Evidence against
her whereby these Deponents Recognizance became forfeited and was by
this Court ordered to be Estreated And these Deponents Say that she the said
Defendant was the first Prisoner on the List which was unknown to these Deponents
until they were informed thereof when the said Defendant was so discharged and
that being entirely Ignorant of the proper time to attend on the said court and
living very Remote from the said Court did not imagine the said Court
would try any Prisoner before Eleven o'Clock on the first Day of the said
Session And therefore these Deponents thought that if they attended the
Court by Eleven oClock they should have been in time to have given
Evidence against the said Defendant even if she had stood the first prisoner
for trial which was wholly unknown to these Deponents until there
attendance on the said Court as aforesaid when it was too late and these
Deponents severally Say that if they had known that they should have
attended sooner on the said Court to give Evidence against the said Defendant
they would have duly attended for theat purpose but that they did conceive
the hour of Eleven would have been soon enough it being the first Day
as these Deponents did conceive there was business to be done by the
said Court And that the said Court Would not proceed to the Tryal of any
Prisoner before Eleven oClock and these Deponents on the Oath aforesaid