Middlesex Sessions:
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October 1795

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Middlesex Sessions


Between {
The King on the prosecution of Cockburn Webster< no role > Pet
and
William O' Dwyer< no role > Deft

William O. Dwyer< no role > of Wells Street Oxford Road in the Parish of Saint Mary le bone in the
County of Middlesex Cordwainer the above named Deft Maketh Oath and saith that at the
Sessions held in September now last past the sd. Cockburn Webster preferred and caused to
be found a Bill of Indictment agt. this Dept. for an Assault upon him the said Cockburn
Webster to which Indictment [..] this Deponent at the same Sessions pleaded Not Guilty
and thereupon entered into Recognizance with sufficient Sureties to appear at this present
Sessions to take his Trial upon the said Indictment And this Dept. fully intending to take
his Trial accordingly did on the 7th. day of October instant cause due Notice to be given to
the said Cockburn Webster that he this Deponent wod. at this present Session to be holden for
this County at the Session House at Clerkenwell Green on Monday the 26th. day of October
instant and then and there take his (this Deponents) Trial upon the said Indictment and
[..] of Not Guilty so pleaded thereto And this Deponent further saith that he did
Yesterday attend this Court accordingly and that he then found he cod. not take his Trial
for that this Deponent had not caused a Writ of Venire to issue and the said Indictment to be
set down for Trial the necessity whereof this Deponent saith he was wholly ignorant or he
wod. have cause the same to be done but moreover this Deponent saith he is in other
respects ready and willing to take his Trial on the said Indictment at this present Sessions
if the Prosecutor will consent thereto And this Court shall so please.




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