Commissioners on his Examination only one Book of Account in which there was
contained no Entry prior to the Month of September One thousand seven hundred and
fifty Six and in which not more than about Twenty Leaves were ever Written upon And
which the said Aldridge upon his Oath declared was all the Books of Account ever
kept by him relating to his Trade and Dealings And this Deponent further saith
that the Commissions then present did declare themselves so much dissatisfied with
the Account given by the said Bankrupt that after the said Bankrupt had finished his
Examination before them they did earnestly recommend this Deponent and the rest
of the Crediters of the said Bankrupt then Present to carry the said Bankrupt
before Mr Alderman Also the then sitting Alderman it Guildhall Who also
very Strictly examine the said Bankrupt and directed an Account to be drawn
out from the Barkrupts papers of the several Goods and Effects sent into the
said Bankrupt by his Creditors since the latterend of April last and of the
Payments made by the said Bankrupt since that time and upon such Accounts
their appearing to be a Deficiency of several Hundred Pounds relating to which
the said Bankrupt did not give any Satisfactory Account to the said Mr. Alderman
Alsop He thereupon and upon inspecting the said Bankrupts said Book of
Accounts and other Circumstances did in the presence of the said Commissioners
who attended the said Examination Committ the said Bankrupt to Wood street
Compter on a Violent Suspicion of the said Bankrupt having embezillea great
part of his Estate and Effects to the Value of twenty Pounds and upwards And
this Deponent and several other Creditors then present were bound over by the
said Magistrate to prosecute the said Bankrupt for such Felony And this
Deponent Saith he hath been and Still is taking all possible pains to investigate
and discover the Concealments the said Aldridge is most Violently suspected
to have made of his Estate and Effects and hopes and believes he shall be able
to make the proper discoverys to enable him and the said Creditors to prosecute
the said Aldridge the next Sessions which he hath not yet been able to do so as to
prosecute him at this present Sessions

Sworn at Just Hall
in the old Baily the
16th Janr 1760 .
By the Court

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John Elderton< no role >