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said City & also to hear & Determine divers Felonies Trespasses & other Misdeeds Coimmitted
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Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King
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said Lord the King & being also then & there in the Transaction of his lawfull Business as One
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there with force & Arms unlawfully & without any Just Cause or Provocation whatsoever
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being then & there upon a certain Plank or Board
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Placed & lying upon a certain Lighter or vessell then & there being upon the River of
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Thames there & in the Transaction of his said lawfull Business as One of the
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otherwise Fellowship porters aforesaid did then & there with Force & Arms Unlawfully &
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without any just Cause or provocation whatsoever Push & Thrust by the Force &
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Violence whereof he the said
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then & there fell from the said plank or Board
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into the said Lighter or Vessell & was under the greatest fear & Danger of losing his Life
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And also by reason & means of which said Premises he the said
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was then
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& there very greatly forceably & unlawfully & be tructed & hinder'd in the Transaction of
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his said lawfull Business as One of the
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otherwise Fellowship Porters
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aforesaid and other Injuries to him the said
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Richard Ridley
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he the said Thomas
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Mumford otherwise Mountford then & there did To the Great Damage of him the said
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Richard Ridley
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To the Evil & Pernicious Example of all others in the like Case Offending
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And against the Peace of our said Sovereign Lord the King his Crown & Dignity And
<
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</
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the said Jurors upon their said Oath further present That the said Thomas
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</
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>
Mumford otherwise Mountford upon the said Nineteenth Day of November in the
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