William Luke< no role > of Angel Alley little Moor fields in the
City of London Gauzedresser maketh Oath and saith
that Abraham Luke< no role > late of the same Place but now of
Robinsons Row Kingsland in the County of Middlesex
Gauzedresser was by Summons left at the house of this
Deponent and his Partner in Trade William Rooks in Angel
Alley aforesaid required to attend this Honourable Court
to serve as a Juror at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey in the
said City in the Month of July last but that at the time
the said Summons was left at the house of this Deponent
and his sd. Partner in trade for the said Abraham Luke< no role >
to attend as aforesaid the said Abraham Luke< no role > was then
at a Place called Stamford in the County of Lincoln or at
some other Place in the said County and did not return to
London until upwards of a Month after the said Summons
had been left as aforesaid

Sworn at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey
this 25th October 1787

By the Court.

Wm Luke< no role >
Excd

Why does not Abram Luke himself
apply?

My Lord Abrm Luke< no role > in at Present
in Aveary infirm sate of Health By means of Ago Which is Near
78 Years and a fit of the Rheumatison at his house at Kingsland
Abrm. Luke< no role > had Moreover Left The Ward of Cripplegate within
Altogether for More than Eighteen Months previous to his being
Summond as a Jurors for Which see the gazette of Decr. 31. 1785