Session House

Middlesex The King
agst.
Richard Fitzgerald< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. for Felony

Samuel Hartley< no role > of Bedford Square in the
County of Middlesex Merchant maketh Oath
that in or about the Month of April last he
lost [..] a Handkerchief in Russell Street Covent
Garden Bloomsbury and the abovenamed Defendant
being apprehended and committed for stealing the
same he this Deponent was bound in a Recognizance
to appear at the ensuing Session for this County to
Prosecute the said Richard Fitzgerald< no role > for the
same And this Deponent saith that the Handkerchief
which was so taken from this Deponent having
been inadvertantly laid amongst others of the same
kind and pattern before the said Sepion was
holden he this Deponent could not swear positively
to the Identity thereof and therefore thought it
unnecessary to attempt to find any Indictment
against the said Defendant And this Deponent
saith that he did not forbear to Prosecute the said
Richard Fitzgerald< no role > through any favour or affection
whatsoever but purely because he did not think
his Evidence sufficient to find such Indictment

Sworn at the General Quarter
Session of the Peace holden in an
for the County of Middlesex on
Friday the 22d. Day of October
1784 at the Session House for the
said County.}
Hall

S. Hartley