To The Honorble Sir John Gonson< no role > Chairman
& the Rest of his Majesties Justices of Peace Etca . Etca.

Robert Paterson< no role > Prisoner for Debt
in the Gatehouse Westminster

With due Respect most humbly Sheweth.

That your honor's Petitr. having been So often & vileby
abased, assaulted, & in danger of my Life by Fr: Geary theepet
am advised before I go further to lay before this Honorble. Court
what followeth Vizt.

On Sunday 10 June last Sd. Fr. Geary did in a most rade &
impudent manner, assault my wife by taking her by the
Shoulders violently pushing her backwards out of his door Etc
tearing her Cloaths calling her bitch & whose, And all this
without any provocation, She only going to visit a Gentle as
Debtor who lodged in the house of sd. Geary. And;

On Wednsday 27 June aforesd. he the Sd. Geary did
in a most unbecoming way, come & pull by the arm my wife out
of his Yard, a place which every prisoner that has the free-
dom of, is oblidged to pay 3s.6d. under the name of garnish
and pushed her out of sd. door, dragging her along, at same
time grievously pinching her side, calling her bitch &
whose, & many other opprobious names I noutting, as-
saulting , & posseby abusing me, threatning me much
holding his fist to the Side of my head, who durst not do
any thing in her or my behalf, for he would have sworn
mutiny Etca. against me. And;

On Thursday 2d. August Inst Sd. Fr: Geary< no role > did most
vileby use your honr. Petr. by assaulting him holding his
fist to my head, which if his turnkey had not prevented
would inevitably have knocked me down; calling one Rogue
& Scunderell, crying out that he would make me repent it
before

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