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<p n="171">Of Hilary Term in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of King George the Second</p>
<p n="172"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo128">London</rs>
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Be it Remembred That at the General Session of the Peace holden for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo129">City of London</rs>
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at the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo130">Guildhall</rs>
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within the said City on Wednesday the Third Day of December in the Twentieth Year of the<lb></lb>
Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain Etc Before <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-45">William Berm</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ58">Esquire</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ59">Mayor</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo131">City of London</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-3">John Stracey</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ60">Esquire</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ61">Recorder</rs>
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of the said City Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-4">Henry Marshall</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ62">Knt</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-65">John<lb></lb>
Blachford</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ63">Esqr</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ64">Aldermen</rs>
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of the said City and Others their Fellows Justices assigned to keep the Peace<lb></lb>
of Our said Lord the King within the said City and also to hear and Determine divers Felinies<lb></lb>
Trespasses and other Misdeeds Committed within the said City by the Oath of Twelve Jurors good and<lb></lb>
lawfull Men of the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo132">City of London</rs>
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then & there Sworn & Charged to Enquire for Our said Lord<lb></lb>
the King For the Body of the said<obscured></obscured>
It is<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
for our Sovereign Lord the King upon their Oath Present That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-6">Thomas Mumford</rs>
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Otherwise called<lb></lb>
Thomas Mumford late of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo133">London</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ65">Yeoman</rs>
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upon the Nineteenth day of November in the Twentieth<lb></lb>
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain<lb></lb>
France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo134">London</rs>
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(that is to say) at the Parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo135">Allhallows Barking</rs>
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in the Ward of Tower in London aforesaid in a certain publick place there<lb></lb>
Situate called <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo136">Stone Stairs</rs>
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in and upon <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-8">Richard Ridley</rs>
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then & there being One of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ66">Porters</rs>
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of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo137">City of London</rs>
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called <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo138">Billingsgate</rs>
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Porters and also commonly called <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo139">Fellowship Porters</rs>
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and in the<lb></lb>
Peace of God and of the said Lord the King and being also then & there in the Transaction of his<lb></lb>
lawfull Business as One of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo140">Billingsgate</rs>
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otherwise <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo141">Fellowship Porters</rs>
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aforesaid did unlawfully<lb></lb>
and without any just Cause or Provocation whatsoever make an assault and him the said Richard<lb></lb>
Ridley then & there being in the Transaction of such his lawfull Business as one of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo142">Billingsgate</rs>
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<lb></lb>
otherwise Fellowship Porters aforesaid he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-9">Thomas Mumford</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-10">otherwise Mountford</rs>
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did<lb></lb>
then & there with force & Arms unlawfully & without any Just Cause or Provocation whatsoever<lb></lb>
hitt and Strike by giving him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-11">Richard Ridley</rs>
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three terrible & grievous blows in and<lb></lb>
upon the right side of him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-12">Richard Ridley</rs>
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and that he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-13">Thomas Mumford</rs>
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otherwise<lb></lb>
Mountford him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-14">Richard Ridley</rs>
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being then & there upon a certain Plank or Board placed<lb></lb>
and lying upon a certain Lighter or Vessell then & there being upon the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo143">River of Thames</rs>
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there and<lb></lb>
in the Transaction of his said lawfull Business as one of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo144">Billingsgate</rs>
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otherwise Fellowship<lb></lb>
Porters aforesaid did then & there with force & arms Unlawfully & without any just Cause or<lb></lb>
Provocation whatsoever Push and Thrust the force & Vistence whereof he the said Richard<lb></lb>
Ridley then & there fell from the said Plank or Board into the said Lighter or Vessell and was under<lb></lb>
the greatest fear and Danger of being his Life And also by reason & means of which said Premisses<lb></lb>
he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-15">Richard Ridley</rs>
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was then & there very greatly forceably & Unlawfully Obstructed and<lb></lb>
hindered in the Transaction of his said lawfull Business as one of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo145">Billingsgate</rs>
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otherwise Fellowship<lb></lb>
Porters aforesaid And other Injuries to him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-16">Richard Ridley</rs>
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he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-17">Thomas Mumford</rs>
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<lb></lb>
otherwise Mountford then & there did To the Great Damage of him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-19">Thomas Mumford</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Evil and Pernicious Example of all others in the like Case Offending And against the peace<lb></lb>
of our said Sovereign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity And the said Jurors upon their<lb></lb>
Said Oath further Present That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-21">Thomas Mumford</rs>
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otherwise Mountford upon the said Nineteenth<lb></lb>
day of November in the said Twentieth Year of the Reign of<del>our</del>
his said present Majesty with force and<lb></lb>
Arms at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo146">London</rs>
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aforesaid (that is to say) at the Parish aforesaid in the Ward aforesaid in a certain<lb></lb>
publick place there Scituate called <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo147">Stone Stairs</rs>
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in and upon the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-23">Richard Ridley</rs>
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then & there<lb></lb>
being in the peace of God and of Our said Sovereign Lord the King did Unlawfully & with out any<lb></lb>
just Cause or Provocation whatsoever make an Assault and him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-25">Richard Ridley</rs>
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did then &<lb></lb>
therewith force & Arms and without any just Cause or Provocation whatsoever hit & Strike and him<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n172-26">Richard Ridley</rs>
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being then & there upon a certain Plank or Board placed & lying upon a certain</p>
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