Seven or Eight o' Clock in the Evening of that day Expecting the Tryal
to Come on (but was Informed that he had no Occasion to Stay
any longer that night for the said Tryal would not come on till the
next day, And Accordingly your Lordship Petr. on such Information
went away with his witnesses, And Attended the next day being the Nineteenth
day of the said Month of July from nine in the Morning till near Seven of
of the Clock that Night, when He was Informed, by the Landlord
of the Elephant and Castle in Fleet Lane that Rivers's Tryal, came On the
first day of the Sessions And for want of your Lordships [..]
Petr. not being present at that Time to Prosecute the Prisoner Rivers
he was Acquitted.

Since which your Petr. has heard and beleives that
his Recognizance was Ordered by the Court to be Estreated for want
of Prosecution

Therefore your Lordships Petr. Humbly
Pray that out of our Great Goodness and Clemeney yr Lordship
will be Pleased to take his Case into Consideration as he being a Poor
young Lad and Only as a Footman to the said Lady Murray and
haveing no wages as aforesaid and at all the Expence of this Prosecutions
is Out of his own pockett. and who did Attend to prosecute with his Witnesses
but being advised as before mentioned and who Stawd all that day
being the Eighteenth day of July last, [..] the very day ye. Lordships
Petr. was deceived as to the Tryal Comeing on.

Your Lordships Petr. Therefore Humbly
Prays that his Recognizance. which was last Sessions Ordered
to be Estreated would be pleased not to roder the said Recognizance
to be Estreated, but that it may now be discharged for the
reason abovementioned

And yr Lordships Petr. as in Duly
bound shall ever pray

Thomas Wilson< no role >