Old Bailey

The King
against
Richard Mason< no role > Clerk }
At the Prosecution of William
Priddle< no role > & Gertrude Pritchard< no role >

Richard Heatley< no role > of the Borough of Southwark in the County of
Surry Gentleman Maketh Oath That he this Deponent did on Monday the
Twenty fourth day of this Instant Month of October deliver to William
Priddle< no role > the Prosecutor abovenamed at his Chambers in the Inner
Temple Lane London a true Copy of a Notice in Writing Purporting That
the said Richard Mason< no role > intended by Virtud of His Majestys Writ or
Writts of Habeas Corpus to remove himself from the Kings Bench
Prison in the Borough of Southwark and County of Surry to the
Prison of Newgate in the County of Middlesex and that he the said
Defendant intended to appear at the next Sessions of Goal Delivery to be
held at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey on the Twenty seventh day of
this Instant Month of October in and for the said County of Middlesex
and then and there to Plead Not Guilty to the Indictment Preferred
by the said William Priddle< no role > and Gertrude Pritchard< no role > against him the
said Defendant for Felony and at the same time and Place to take
his Tryal upon the said Indictment And the said William Priddle< no role >
at the time of delivering the said Notice to him as aforesaid said
or declared that it was very well and that he and the said Gertrude
Pritchard would be ready to Prosecute the said indictment And
this Deponent further saith that he this Deponent did on the
same Twenty fourth day of October Instant serve the said Gertrude
Pritchard with the like Notice by delivering a true Copy of the
same Notice in Writing to a Young Woman at the House of the said
Gertrude Pritchard< no role > in Buckingham Court Charing crossing the said
County of Middlesex who said She was Servant to the said
Gertrude Pritchard< no role > And at the same time Acquainting the said
Servant with the Contents of the same Notice.

Sworn the 27th. day of
October 1757 at Justice Hall
in the Old Bailey

By the Court

Richd Heatley< no role >