John Norwood< no role > of Queenhith in the City of London Wharfinger
maketh Oath and saith that he was bound by Recognizance to
prosecute Joseph Newton< no role > for stealing from him this Deponent a
Bundle of brooms of the value of three shillings, at the last Session
held for the said City in the Month of September last, And this
Deponent further saith that his partner Joseph Horton< no role > being at
that time exceedingly ill by which the business develved wholly
upon this Deponent , his mind was thereby so much occupied in his
business as that the Recognizance he had entered into as aforesaid
slipped the Memory of him this Deponent , And this Deponent
further saith that imediately on the business occuring to his Mind he
went to the Session house in the Old Bailey with an intention to prosecute
the said Joseph Newton< no role > for the said Offence when this Deponent was
informed that it was too late as the Grand Jury were Discharged
And this Deponent further saith that he did not neglect to
prosecute the said prisoner from any favor or Affection or for any
Reward hope or promise thereof but that it was his full intention
to have prosecuted the said Joseph Newton< no role > , had he not been
prevented by the means above mentioned

John Norwood< no role >

Sworn in Court at the Guildhall
London on Monday 26th. October 1789 }

By the Court.