Midd ss

To the Worpfull the Chairman and the rest of
his Maties Justices of the Peace att their generall Sessions
holden for the County of Middx .

The humble petition of Francis Crooke< no role > the wife of John Crooke< no role >

Sheweth

That yor Petr. was violently and in a most barbarous manner
beaten assaulted & brinsed and her neck almost wrung round
in order to Murther her by John Saunders< no role > and Elizabeth< no role >
his wife att the parish of St George in Southwarke in the
County of Surrey andthisyor Petr could not soone find
them to have them apprhended Elizabeth Saunders< no role > the
wife who gave in bayle before Justice Kerby for her
appearance att this Sessions she being found in Middlesex
And for as much as the sd Elizabeth Saunders< no role > cannot
bee indictedandor psernted in the County of Surrey
Middlesex the fact being committed in Surrey , & it being
very difficult to retake her

Yor Petr most humbly prayes that when
the Said Elizabeth Saunders< no role > appeares upon her
recoginzance She may bee bound over in fresh
recoginzance to appeare att the next quarter
Sessions for ye County of Surrey

And Yor Petr shall ever pray Etc