Middlesex to wit.

The King
agst.
Thomas Bowden< no role > }
On the Prosecution
[..]
of William Tasker< no role >

George Wallace< no role > of the Parish of Saint Paul Shadwell in the County
of Middlesex aforesaid Victualler maketh Oath and saith that on
the twenty first day of January last he became bound in a
Recognizance conditioned for payment of Forty Pounds to his
Majestys use to give Evidence in February Session following against
Thomas Borden< no role > above named on the Prosecution of the said
William Tasker< no role > for Felony, but before the Commencement of the
said Session, the Prosecutor himself together with on Thomas Everitt< no role >
an other of the Witnesses for the said Prosecution went to sea, the
one to the East and the other to the West Indies, that the Deponent
not being acquainted with the Nature of Prosecutions, and having
received no Notice when to attend to give such Evidence as aforesaid, he
has been informed by Lotter from the clerk of the Peace for the said County
that his Recognizance would be for feited and this Deponent further
saith that at the Time of the said Sessions were holden in February
last (He being a Person employed to procure Seamen in the Green land and
south sea Fisherys) was at Graves and on that Service and consequently
could not have attended to have given Evidence unless he had been
previously informed of the Fine, he should and ought to have attended as
he inagined it was the Duty of the Prosecutor to have given him such
Notice and this Deponent further saith that he hath not directly
on in directly received any money Gratuity Fee or Reward or any
Promise of Fee or Security for any money Gratrity or Reward to
induce him not to give such Evidence as by his Recognizances
he was bound to do.

Middx

Sworn in open Court at the
Session House in Clerkenwell Green
their 10th July 1790.

Hall

Geoe Wallace