Middlesex

These are to Certify that at the Delivery of the King's Gaol of Newgate
holden for the County of Middlesex at Justice hall in the Old Bailey in
the Suburbs of the City of London on Wednesday the tenth day of December
in the twenty fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the
third king of Great Britain & Before Robert Peckham< no role > Esquire
Mayor of the City of London , James Adair< no role > one of his Majesty's Serjeants
at Law Recorder of the said City and others their fellows Justices of our
said Lord the king assigned to deliver the said Gaol of Newgate of the
Prisoners therein being Margaret Ann Smith< no role > otherwise Gibbs of the Age
of Thirty years Ann Farmer< no role > of the age of forty years and Elizabeth
Jones< no role > of the age of twenty five years who were severally convicted at
the last Session of the Delivery of the king's said Gaol of Newgate holden
for the County of Middlesex aforesaid at Justice hall aforesaid on Wednesday
the twenty ninth day of October last of Highway Robberies for which they
were by Law liable to suffer Death without benefit of Clergy unto whom
his Majesty hath since been graciously pleased to extend his Royal
mercy on the several Conditions hereafter mentioned, that is to say
to the said Margaret Ann Smith< no role > otherwise Gibbs on Condition
of paying a fine of Six pence and being imprisoned in the House
of Correction for the County of Middlesex for one year and to
the said Ann Farmer< no role > and Elizabeth Jones< no role > on Condition of
paying a fine of one Shilling each and being imprisoned in the
House of Correction for the said County for Six Months; and such
Intention of mercy having been notified in writing by the Right
Honourable Sir Frederick North< no role > Knight commonly called Lord North
one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State to the Court first
abovementioned the said Margaret Ann Smith< no role > otherwise Gibbs was
ordered to pay a fine of Six pence and to be imprisoned in the house of
Correction for the said County of Middlesex for the space of one
year And the said Ann Farmer< no role > and Elizabeth Jones< no role > were ordered to
pay a fine of One Shilling each and to be severally imprisoned in
the house of Correction for the said County for the space of Six Months
pursuant to the Statute in that Case made and provided Dated
the Nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord 1783.

Reynolds

Clerk of the Session of Gaol
Delivery for the [..]
County of Middlesex