Depositions & Examinations
NCR Case 12b, Box 2 (Parcel 6)
NRO
Slander / Sedition
17 December 1722
18 December 1722
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Plaintiff
Robert Urwen
male
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Basic Mark
Defendant
John King
male
Cordwainer
St John Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Event
John King accuses Thomas Foreman of being an informing rogue
17 October 1722
night
Thomas Flegg, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Components
Verbal abuse
Fights and violence
Setting
Alehouse
Location of Event
Statement
18 October 1722
Robert Urwen
That being last night at the house of Thomas Flegg, alehousekeeper, there was Thomas Foreman and John King with others, and in discourse King called Foreman informer and informing rogue several times, for that he said Foreman had caused some persons to be whipt at Bury, for speaking words against the Government, and he this examinant siding with Foreman, King pulled off his coat and challenged Urwen to fight him.