Middlesex

The King
agt.
Samuel Thomas< no role > }
Indicted on the Prosn
of James Porter< no role > for
Fraud.

Richard Howard< no role > of Saint John Street in the County of
Middlesex printermaketh Oath and saith that he this
Deponent was present and did see James Porter< no role > the Prosecutor
in this Cause duly sign seal and as his Act and Deed deliver
the within Release And this Deponent saith that the Name
James Porter< no role > set and subscribed to the said Release as the
Party executing the same is the proper Hand Writing of the
said James Porter< no role > And that the NameThos. Roylance
set and subscribed as one of the Witnesses attesting the Execution
of the said Release is the Proper Hand Writing of the said
Thomas Roylance< no role > And that the Name Richard Howard< no role > set
and subscribed as the Other of the Parties attesting the Execution of
the said Release is the proper Hand Writing of this Deponent.

Sworn at Hicks Hall
in Saint John Street the
26th. October 1778}

W Confession Paid

Richard Howard< no role >