The King
agt.
Daniel Russell< no role > & anr.}
On the Prosecution of
Catherine Russell< no role >

Daniel Russell< no role > one of the above Defendts. maketh Oath that he hath for these
Twelve years last past lived a very unhappy life through the in bahaviour of the
said Catherine and her perverse & refractory Temper and on or about the Sixth day
of January One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty Eight the said Catherine made
a Bason of Tea as usual for his Breakfast which he took up in Order to Drink &
finding it to have an add taste there it behind the Fire & asked what she had put
in who replyed nothing but being very much urged to know she said Love powder
some short time after as this Dept. hath been Informed & beleives) this Depts. Servt.
maid & the said Prosecutrix having some words at one Mr. Matthews a relation of
the Prosecutrix the maid told her that she the said Prosecutrix had Attempted to Poyson
her Master (meaning this Dept.) but he did not take the Powder upon which the said
Matthews sent for this Dept. & acquainted his thereof And this Dept. verify beleives
the said Prosecutrix intended to Poyson this Dept. or do him some bodily Injury And this
Dept. further saith that the being very uneasy in his mind to come at the Truth thereof
& Stiring therein the said prosecutrix on the Thirtyeth day of the same Month of January
deserted the House of this Dept. & that he hath paid & allowed and caused to be paid and
allowed unto the said prosecutrix a sufficient seperate maintenance to the time of the
prosecution of this Indictment & since hath agreed to pay for her board And that she
in the Month of June last came into a House where this Dept. was on business in a
furious rage Seized him by the Collar a swore she would kill him & diverse times in
the months of August September & October last caused a Mob to the Amount of Three
or four hundred people to Assemble in a riotous & tumultuous manner before the Door
of this Depts. house for several hours & with Mudd Brick Batts & Stones she the said
Prosecutrix broke the Windows of this Depts. House several times & She or Some other
Person unknow to this Dept. threatned to sett his House on Fire And the said Prosecutrix
also several times when she hath seen him in the Street threw Mud bricks & Stones at this
Dept. came into his house Seized him by the Kollar took a large Iron Pin of a Window
Broke a Glass Lanthorn in the Passage & Struck at this Dept. with the Iron Pin & Swore
she would kill or be killed & all the time cryed out Murder while this Dept. was
endeavouring to get the Iron Pin from her And this Dept. further saith that the said
Prosecutrix still veces revenge & swears with bitter Imprevations that this Dept. Shall not
live & that she with have in a Goal & that he cannot rest in his house or stir out of
Doors to do his lawfull business without fear of meeting the said prosecutrix & being in
Danger of looseing his life or receiving some Bodily hurt and that she the said Prosecutrix
or some other person or persons unknown to this Dept. are daily Annoying of this Dept.
by knocking at his Door three or four times a day playing filth a this Door And that
on the Thirteenth day of January last past this Dept. found a considerable Quantity of
Dry shaw concealed under a Bulk at this Depts. Door in order as this Dept. verily beleives
with intent to watch some convenient Opportunity to sett it on Fire & burn this Dept.
house as aforesaid And this Dept. further Saith that he hath been a Parishioner of the
parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate in the County of Middlesex about Ten Years &