Middx

The king agst. Thomas Stretton< no role > and Charles
Stace< no role > on the Prosecution of Nathan Jacobs< no role > for
an Assault

Thomas Stretton< no role > of Newman Street Oxford in the County of Middx
Beewer one of the Defendants abovenamed maketh Oath that at the Session
of the Peace held at Hicks Hall in and for the County of Middlesex in
May One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy four a Bill of Indictment
was preferred against this Deponent and the other Defendant for an assault
and sometime in July last this Deponent was apprehended on a Bench
Warrant issued thereon and this Deponent entered into a Recognizance
with two Sureties to appear and answer to the same this present
Session and this Deponent further saith that he intended to have
taken his Tryal on the said Indictment and hath used his utmost
Endeavours to find out the prosecutors place of Residence in Dukes
Place and many other places among the Jews in Order that this
Deponent might cause him to be served with a proper Notice of Tryal
for that purpose but this Deponent saith that he hath not been able
to discover his place of abode or where he ever lived in this Kingdom but
this Deponent verily believes that he must have lodged in some observe
Place in or about London as this Deponent in the Course of his Enquiries
met with Several Jews who told this Deponent that they knew him
but did not know when he lived and that he is a Poland Jew and that
he had left their kingdom and gone to Poland about three works since
and which this Deponent believes to be true and this Deponent
further saith that he never committed any assault upon the
Prosecutor but the Prosecutor who appeared to this Deponent to bean
Old Cloaths man sometime about the beginning of May last came
into this Deponents Yards and this Deponent not liking his appearance
told him he had no Business there and desired he would go about
his Business which he refused to do and thereupon one of these
Deponents Servants took him gently by the Shoulder and turned
[..] out and which this Deponent believes is the assault for which
this Indictment is prepared but this Dept. saith that the said
Prosecutor was not in the least injured by his being so turned
out of this Deponents yard as aforesaid And this Deponent further
saith