appearance at Sessions to answer their Complaint To which
Mr. Manley answered that he was lately come to lodge
at Clerkenwell where he was a Stranger that he was a
Captain of Dragoons that his Friends lived in
Westminster and desired a reasonable time to send
thither for Sureties But Mr Booth told him that if he
and his Wife should not have them ready within a
quarter of an hour he would Send them to Goal Then
Mr. Manley desired that leave might be given to his
Wife to go to Westminster in custody of the Constable to
get such Bail as Mr. Booth should approve of and
proposed to give the Officer five shillings for his trouble
in attending her thither And that Mr. Booth bid the
Constable take care of them at his peril, which
expression so intimidated him that the desir'd liberty
was refused her

That for greater expedition and to prevent if possible
the inconveniencies of Imprisonment Mr. Manley sent
for Such Persons as he knew at the least distance tho'
of little acquaintance one of whom came to him and
Sought for others. But Mr. Booth sent thrice to
know if the Bail was ready and in three hours or
thereabouts committed both Mr Manley and his Wife
to New Prison for want of Sureties.

That when Mr Manley and his Wife were before Mr.
Booth as Prisoners the Servant demanded some Cloaths
which she had left in their lodgings and Mr. Manley
offered to deliver them if he or his Wife might be
permitted to do so in custody of the Constable which
Mr. Booth refused yet made a particular Commitment
against him for unlawfully detaining them

That Mr Booth made two more Commitments of Mr.
Manley and his Wife to New Prison (vizt.) one against
him and his Wife for beating the Servant and the other
against him for assaulting one Abraham Cole< no role > who was