To the worshipfull the Chairman & the rest of his Majesties Justices of the peace at
Hicks Hall .

The Humble petition of Temperance Walker< no role > wife of John Walker< no role > Bricklayer .

Sheweth:

That yor Petitionr. was in 1710 Married to sd. Jno. Walker< no role > & the first right of their Lying together ye sd. Jno Walker
gave yor Petionr. ye Fowle decease of pox & yor. Petionr. being Married about one year liv'd in Silver Street Bloomsbury &
there Cut yor: petitioners head in Two Severall places & broke yor. Petitionrs. fore finger. & [..] the pann of
her Knee out of Joyrt & ye sd. Jno. Walker gave her severall stobbs in her hands Arms body & thighs & likewise
Stamped on yor petitioners Jane Bone of her face that the Blood ran out of her Eyes Nose & Mouth& afterwards Cut
& whipt yor: Petionr: wth. a hair Line (She being Naked) on the back that the Blood Followed Every
Stroke Further Sheweth that some small after gave yor. Petr. the Fowle disease a Second time
under which She now Lanquisheth Sheweth yt in 1716 yor Petr. & Husband Lived wth. their unkle in
Baldings gardens where the sd. Jno. Walker Kept Company wth. one Margarett Angell< no role > & yor petr. tennd yr.
out at ye sd Angell Lodging & they went for man & wife & when yor Petr. has found them out the
Sd Jno. Walker< no role > came home wth. yor. Petr. Cut her in the head in three Severall places and Tyed yor
Petr. wth. his Scaffling Cords neck & Heels togather & left her so bound & went out & Loded her in ye
room so tyed that the sd Jno. Walker met his Aunt in Grays Inn & gave her the Key of the sd room &
desired her to go & unloose & untie yor Petr. wch she accordingly did; that if yor petr. had Continued some
few minutes after she had dyed under it; & as the Cords was pulled of from yor: Petr: The Cords fore of
ye Flesh wth. the same That on the first Sunday in June 1718 the sd Jno Walker< no role > came from one John or
Ihions house in Hanover Street to yor Per. & knocked her down & Cut her upper Lip wth. his Shoe &
drove her out of one room into another that the next day the sd Jno. Walker< no role > went to a Club Feast
& came home about 12 of the Clock at night & brought a Stick home wth. him & bid yor Petr. put it by & said
it was to beat her with, yor Petr. not Having one Farthing in the world the sd Jno. Walker< no role > having Cut & tore
all yor. Petrs. Cloaths & burn't her Linnen & Leaving her nothing to hide her Nakedness untill her Neighbours
brought her a [..] on & was forced to go out all hours in the Night to have her life yor Petr was foresd
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