John-a-Stiles

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roe Richard \Roe, Richard\ (Law)
     A fictious name for a party, real or fictious, to an act or
     proceeding. Other names were formerly similarly used, as
     {John-a-Nokes}, John o', or of the, Nokes, or Noakes,
     {John-a-Stiles}, etc.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]