Seven hundred and Ninety six before which Day the said
Richard Thatcher< no role > had several times beat and otherwise
misused your Petitioner and that on the said seventh day of April
the said Richard Thatcher< no role > without any Provocation
from your Petitioner did beat and strike your Petitioner
being then in the workshop of the said Richard Thatcher< no role >
in Duke Street aforesaid with a large Stick until he had
broken the same into Peices by such beating and Striking
of Your Petitioner and that the said Richard Thatcher< no role >
in the fury of his Mind attempted to push and throw your
Petitioner out of the said Workshop which was up one pair
of Stairs down on the Pavement and your Petitioner
verily believes that the said Richard Thatcher< no role > would
have effected his wicked Intentions if his foreman Charles
Young< no role > (then being in the Workshop) had not got over the
Work Bench and Prevented the said Richard Thatcher< no role >
from his wicked Intentions.

That Your Petitioner in Consequence of
his being so struck by the said Richard Thatcher< no role >
complained to the Sitting Magistrates at the Police Office
in Marlborough Street , when they on hearing the
Complaint of your Petitioner and the Evidence of the said
Charles Young< no role > bound the said Richard Thatcher< no role > by
Recognizance to appear at the General Session of the
of the Peace holden for the County of Middlesex in the
Month of May last for assaulting and beating your
Petitioner And that at the said Session Your Petitioner
caused an Indictment to be preferred and found against the
said Richard Thatcher< no role > and the said Richard
Thatcher< no role > hath givenNotice to take his Trial
thereon