Of Hilary Term in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of King George the Second

London

Be it Remembred That at the General Session of the Peace holden for the City of London at the
Guildhall within the said City on Wednesday the Third Day of December in the Twentieth Year of the
Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain Etc Before William Berm< no role > Esquire
Mayor of the City of London John Stracey< no role > Esquire Recorder of the said City Sir Henry Marshall< no role > Knt . John
Blachford< no role > Esqr , 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 Felinies
Trespasses and other Misdeeds Committed within the said City by the Oath of Twelve Jurors good and
lawfull Men of the said City of London then & there Sworn & Charged to Enquire for Our said Lord
the King For the Body of the said [..] It is [..]
for our Sovereign Lord the King upon their Oath Present That Thomas Mumford< no role > Otherwise called
Thomas Mumford late of London Yeoman upon the Nineteenth day of November in the Twentieth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain
France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth at London (that is to say) at the Parish
of Allhallows Barking in the Ward of Tower in London aforesaid in a certain publick place there
Situate called Stone Stairs in and upon Richard Ridley< no role > then & there being One of the Porters of the
City of London called Billingsgate Porters and also commonly called Fellowship Porters and in the
Peace of God and of the said Lord the King and being also then & there in the Transaction of his
lawfull Business as One of the Billingsgate otherwise Fellowship Porters aforesaid did unlawfully
and without any just Cause or Provocation whatsoever make an assault and him the said Richard
Ridley then & there being in the Transaction of such his lawfull Business as one of the Billingsgate
otherwise Fellowship Porters aforesaid he the said Thomas Mumford< no role > otherwise Mountford< no role > did
then & there with force & Arms unlawfully & without any Just Cause or Provocation whatsoever
hitt and Strike by giving him the said Richard Ridley< no role > three terrible & grievous blows in and
upon the right side of him the said Richard Ridley< no role > and that he the said Thomas Mumford< no role > otherwise
Mountford him the said Richard Ridley< no role > being then & there upon a certain Plank or Board placed
and lying upon a certain Lighter or Vessell then & there being upon the River of Thames there and
in the Transaction of his said lawfull Business as one of the Billingsgate otherwise Fellowship
Porters aforesaid did then & there with force & arms Unlawfully & without any just Cause or
Provocation whatsoever Push and Thrust the force & Vistence whereof he the said Richard
Ridley then & there fell from the said Plank or Board into the said Lighter or Vessell and was under
the greatest fear and Danger of being his Life And also by reason & means of which said Premisses
he the said Richard Ridley< no role > was then & there very greatly forceably & Unlawfully Obstructed and
hindered in the Transaction of his said lawfull Business as one of the Billingsgate otherwise Fellowship
Porters aforesaid And other Injuries to him the said Richard Ridley< no role > he the said Thomas Mumford< no role >
otherwise Mountford then & there did To the Great Damage of him the said Thomas Mumford< no role >
Evil and Pernicious Example of all others in the like Case Offending And against the peace
of our said Sovereign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity And the said Jurors upon their
Said Oath further Present That the said Thomas Mumford< no role > otherwise Mountford upon the said Nineteenth
day of November in the said Twentieth Year of the Reign ofourhis said present Majesty with force and
Arms at London aforesaid (that is to say) at the Parish aforesaid in the Ward aforesaid in a certain
publick place there Scituate called Stone Stairs in and upon the said Richard Ridley< no role > then & there
being in the peace of God and of Our said Sovereign Lord the King did Unlawfully & with out any
just Cause or Provocation whatsoever make an Assault and him the said Richard Ridley< no role > did then &
therewith force & Arms and without any just Cause or Provocation whatsoever hit & Strike and him
the said Richard Ridley< no role > being then & there upon a certain Plank or Board placed & lying upon a certain