Pleas before Our Lord the King at Westminster of Hillary Term in the Sixteenth Year of the reign or our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the
grace God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith

Amongst the Pleas of the King Roll

London
amongst the Indts.
of last Term No. 3}

Sometime Ago. (that is to Say) on Monday the Twelfth day of July in the Sixteenth Year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain Etc at the General Quarter Session of the peace of our Lord
the King holden for the City of London at the Guild hall within the said City before George Heathcote< no role > Esquire
Mayor of the City of London Sir John Strange< no role > Knight Recorder of the said City Sir John Salter< no role > Knight , Robert
Westley< no role > Esquire Aldermen of the said City and others their fellows Justices assigned to keep the Peace of our
said Lord the King within the said City And Also to hear and determine divers Felonys Trespasses and other
misdeeds committed within the Same City upon the oath of Twelve Jurors good and lawfull men of the said
City of London then and there being Sworn and Charged to enquire for our Lord the King and for the body
of the said City it was presented as followeth (That is to Say) London to wit The Jurors for our Lord the
King upon their oath present That William Viner< no role > late of London Staymaker On the first day of January
in the Fifteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain France &
Ireland Defender of the Faith Etc And divers other days and times between that day & the day of the taking of
this Inquisition with force and Arms at London to wit in the Parish of Saint Martin Ludgate in the Ward
of Farringdon Without in London aforesaid did keep and maintain and Yet doth keep and maintain
A Certain Common ill governed and disorderly House and in his said House for his own Luire and Gain
Certain Evil and ill disposed Persons as well Men as women of Evil Name and Fame and of dishonest
Conversation to frequent and come together then and the said other days and times there unlawfully
and Wilfully did cause and procure and the said Men and Women in his said House at ubnlawfull times
as well in the Night as in the Day then and the said other days and times there to be and remain Drinking
Tipling Whoring and Misbehaving themselves unlawfully and Wilfully did permit and yet doth Permitt
To the great Damage and Common Nusance of all the Subjects of our said Lord the King And against the
Peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity Which said Indictment our said Lord the King
did afterwards for Certain Reasons cause to be brought before him to be determined according to the Law and
Custom of England Wherefore the Sheriffs of the said City of London were Commanded that they should
Cause him to come to answer to our said Lord the King touching and concerning the premisses aforesaid
And now (that is to Say) on Monday next after the Octave of Saint Hillary in this Same Term
before our said Lord the King at Westminster cometh the said William Viner< no role > by Christopher Burrow< no role >
his Attorney And having heard the said Indictment read He saith that he is not guilty thereof And
hereupon he putteth himself upon the Country And James Burrow< no role > Esquire Coroner and Attorney of our said
Lord the King in the Court of our said Lord the King before the King himself who prosecuteth for our said
Lord the King in this behalf doth the like