The King agt. Elizabeth Rome< no role >

James Baldock< no role > of Acton in the County of Middlesex Shop Keeper
maketh Oath and saith that he was on the twenty fifth Day of February
last being the first Day of the last Sessions bound over to prosecute the sd.
Deft for shealing divers Goods of this Deponents and that he preferred an
Indictment on the same Day at Hicks Hall against the said Deft for the
said Felony and came down to the Old Bailey immediately after the
Finding thereof and attended there from time to time until Friday Morning
following And this Deponent saith that on the said Friday Morning he
came to the Old Briley about ten of the Clock in order to give Evidence
against the said Defendant and waited till one of the Clock in the Afternoon
and not hearing his Name called he made Enquiry of several Persons about
the same some of whom informed this Deponent that the sd. Deft had
been acquitted for Want of his appearing against her about Eleven of the
Clock that forenoon by which Means his Recognizance became forfeited And
this Deponent saith that though he attended in the Sessions House Yard
all the time aforesaid yet he did not hear his Name called and verily
believes that the same arose from the Hurry and Confusion that was
occasioned by the Trial of Mr. Sutton and saith that the said Defendants being
acquitted as aforesaid was a great Surprize upon this Deponent and that he
did not neglect to appear against the said Defendant with any View to
favour the said Defendant and most humbly hopes that this Court will
be pleased to discharge his said Recognizance

James Baldock< no role >

Sworn at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey
the third Day of April 1761 }
By the Court