1747

1747

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

London

5 Dec 1746

Be it Rememberd 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 Benn< no role > Esquire Mayor of the City of London John Stracey< no role > Esquire Recorder
of the said City Sir Henry Marshall< no role > Knight John Blackford< no role > Esqr . Alderman of the said City &
Others their Fellows Justices Assigned to Keep the Peace fo our said Lord the King within the
said City & also to hear & Determine divers Felonies Trespasses & other Misdeeds Coimmitted
within the said City by the Oath of Twelve Jurors good & lawfull Men of the said City of London then &
there sworn & Charged to Esquire for our said Lord the King for the Body of the said City It is
presented as followeth (that is to say) London The Jurors for Our Sovereign Lord the King upon
their Oath Present That Thomas Mumford< no role > Otherwise Called Thomas Mountford< no role > late of London
Yeoman upon the Nineteenth Day of November in the Twentieth Year of the Regin of our
Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King
Defender of the Faith & so forth at London (that is to say) at the Parish of Allhallows Barking in
the Ward of Tower in London afroesid in a certain publick place there scituate called Stone Stairs
in & upon Richard Ridley< no role > then & there being One of the Porters of the City of London called
Billingsgate Porters & also commonly called Fellowship Porters & in the Peace of God & of the
said Lord the King & being also then & there in the Transaction of his lawfull Business as One
of the Billingsgate otherwise Fellowship Porters afroesaid did unlawfully & without any just
Cause or Provocation whatsoever make an Assault & him the said Richard Ridley< no role > then & there
being in the Transaction of such his lawfull Business as One of the Billingsgate otherwise
Followship Porters aforesaid he the said Thomas Mumford< no role > otherwise Mountford did then &
there with force & Arms unlawfully & without any Just Cause or Provocation whatsoever
hitt & strike by giving him the said Richard Ridley< no role > three terrible & grievous blows in & upon
the right Side of him the said Richard Ridley< no role > & 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 & lying upon a certain Lighter or vessell then & there being upon the River of
Thames there & 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 & Thrust by the Force &
Violence whereof he the said Richard Ridley< no role > then & there fell from the said plank or Board
into the said Lighter or Vessell & was under the greatest fear & Danger of losing his Life
And also by reason & means of which said Premises he the said Richard Ridley< no role > was then
& there very greatly forceably & unlawfully & be tructed & hinder'd 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 otherwise Mountford then & there did To the Great Damage of him the said
Richard Ridley< no role > To the Evil & Pernicious Example of all others in the like Case Offending
And against the Peace of our said Sovereign Lord the King his Crown & Dignity And
the said Jurors upon their said Oath further present That the said Thomas
Mumford otherwise Mountford upon the said Nineteenth Day of November in the