1745

The KingagtJames Castle< no role >
For the prosecutors

The Indictement

Settsforth that Dep 1 Jan in ye 18 year of ye king & on divers days a times between ye day & ye
day of taking this Inquisicon wth form do at London vizt in ye Parish of St Budget otherwise St Brides
in ye ward of Farringdon without die keep & maintain & yet doth keep & maintain a certain Comon
illgoverned & disorderly house & med house for his own here & gain certain will & ill disposed persons as well
Men as Women of evil name & same & of dishonest Conversation to peyners & come
together then & on sd other days & unlawfully & willfully did came procure permitd
Suffer & sd Men & Women in ye house at in lawfully times as well in ye night as in ye day
then & oncd other days & there to be & demain drinking coppling whering scolding
fighting nearing making great noise & Clamours & otherwise [..] be having
themselves unlawfully & wilfully did pennet & Hill doth permitt to ye Damage
& woman Nusance Etc and agt. ye Peace Etc

Deft has pleaded Not guilty

Case

Deft is a person of very bad Character & gods among ye vulgar by ye Nick name of
Jemmy ye Month & keeps a nutorions baddy house in George Alley by Fleatsitch
Where ye very repute over of that asant ones ten of Premisses ye pignent ye publick
streets recent & decoy their unhappy prey.

23 March 1744
abt. 11 as night}

James Vanghan< no role > , Wm Preice< no role > & James Johnson< no role > three Boys a Ladds were picked up at
ye Corner of ye Alley by 2 Common wheras a carried to Deft house & Johnson was prevailed
on to return into another room with one of ye Ladies, when their business was over a
some Gin drank up there arose a Quarrall abt. ye Charge for a Shilling which
Johnson pd for ye Sinn ye Lady insisting to keep it as her reward (from inn
pudoris) & Mr Johnson insisting ye the was entituled to none he not having
(as he expressed is) made are of her body

The Quarel running very high & the Nine they made being very great Mr
Wm Johnson< no role > ye Courtable of ye night came with ye Watchmen a finding them
together in their disorder & James Johnson< no role > saying he had been robbed carred them
all to ye Round hoare & on ye Monday and is were committed to ye work home & ye 3 lads [..] discharged on entring
into recognizance to appear & give Endem agt. ye Master Whome

Note

Deft was at home during ye affray.
To prove ye above all

James Vaughan< no role > wm Peirce< no role >
& James Johnson< no role > ye 3 lads
Wm Johnson< no role > ye Constable
Cha: Too [..] ll
Thos. Perkins< no role > }
ye 2 Watchmen
that attended.

To ye Gen Character of deft & his house examine
All ye Witness as and Jaoth [..]
Portion a Watchman who
Peats that Bound.