Old Bailey Sessions:
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23rd January 1786 - 18th December 1786

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Image 294 of 68126th October 1786


The King agt. Joseph Mulligan< no role >
on the Prosecution of
Charles Hawton< no role > for Felony

Michael Moran< no role > of Rosemary
Lane No. 102 Salesman maketh Oath
and saith, That he was bound over to
appear and give Evidence at the Session
House in the Old Bailey against [..] Joseph
[..] Mulligan
< no role > in April last for stealing Two
Sailors Jackets and a Waistcoat the property
of the said Charles Hawton< no role > on board a
Ship in the River Thames , at the public
Office in East Smithfield And this Deponent
further saith That being totally ignorant
of such proceedings & how he ought to have
acted on such an Occasion and also not receiving any other Notice whatsoever he let the
Sessions slip away without fulfilling the
tenor of his Said Recognizance, which he
by no means would have done had he recollected
the time or received any previous notice or
information thereofAnd this Deponent
further saith that [..] he actuallly forgot his
said Recognizance till he received a Letter
signed by Thomas Shelton< no role > Clerk of the
peace advising him thereof which is hereto annexed. And this
Deponent further most solemaly avers
that such his neglect was not owing to any wish




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