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London to wit
Be it Remembred that on the Sixteenth day of July
in the twenty fourth Year of the Reigne of his Majesty George the Second over Great Britain Etc King Etc at Guild Hall
London before me
Thomas
Winterbottom< no role >
Esquire
and the Alderman
one of his Majesty's Justices Assigned to keep the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King in And for the said City Cometh
Edmund Sartell< no role > This name instance is in set 3563.
in his Proper Person and now here
upon his Oath Exhibiteth before me the said Justice a certain Complaint and Information and
[..] upon his Oath Complaineth That after the twenty fourth Day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred
and forty eight to wit on the thirteenth Day of July Instant in the Parish of Saint Vedast Forster
[..] within the same City one
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
of the Parish aforesaid Linnen Draper
a Quantity of Cambrick
did sell to one James Limbrey which said Cambrick was not Exposed to Sale for Exportation) could
[..] to the form of the Statute in that Case made and Provided by Means of which the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
hath forfeited to the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
the Informer in this behalf the Sum of five Pounds of Money of Great Britain All which in the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
is Ready to Prove before me by a Credible
Witness when the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
shall be Summoned to make his Defence touching the same Wherefore the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
Prays Judgement of me the said Justice in the Premises and that I will
Proceed thereupon According to Law And that the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
may be Summoned to Appear before & Answer the Premisses and make his Defence thereto And hereupon because I will duly
Consider the Premises before I any further Proceed therein I do order the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
to
[..] before me on the twenty first day of July Instant at the Guild Hall
of the City of London
at Eight
of the Clock in the forenoon of the same Day at which time I shall Proceed further in the Premisses I shall See Expedient At which Day hour and Place here cometh before me at Guild Hall
aforesaid
the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
in his Proper Person and Prays me to Proceed on his said Information According to Law And hereupon I the said Justices do now here Issue my Summons for Summon the
said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
to be and Appear before me at Guild Hall
aforesaid in the City of London
of said on Friday the third day of August Next by Eight of the Clock in the forenoon of the same Day to
Answer the said Information and Complaint of the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
And Afterwards that is to say on Friday being the third day of August in the Year aforesaid at Guild Hall
aforesaid in
the City Aforesaid before me the said Justice come as well the Abovenamed
Edmund Sartell< no role >
as he Abovenamed
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
in their Proper Persons the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
having been lawfully
Summoned by Virtue of the Aforesaid Summons and the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
nowhere before me having first heard the Aforesaid Complaint and Information of the sold
Edmund Sartell< no role >
read unto him Saith that he is No wise Guilty of the Offence by the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
herein before on Oath Alledged and complained of Against him the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
And the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
nowhere before me Affirms that the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
is Guilty of the Offence above complained of by him the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
and now here Produceth before me the
Aforesaid James Limbrey a crediable Witness which said James Limbrey now here before me being first duly Sworn upon the Holy Evangelists Upon his Oath Saith that on the thirteenth day
of July last in the Parish of Saint Vedast Forster Lane
aforesaid the Aforesaid
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
did Sell certain Quantity of Cambrick to him the said
James Limbrey< no role >
which said Cambrick
the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
doth not Offer before me to Prove was Sold or exposed to sale for Exportation And the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
now here before me Produceth the said Piece of Goods here
above called Cambrick bought by the said James Limbrey of the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
at the Time aforesaid in the manner Aforesaid And likewise now here before me Producth
Alexander
ManRaby< no role >
Joshua Channing< no role >
,
Thomas Ransom< no role >
, and
Charles Cleavy< no role >
being crediable Witness and each and every of them being a Credible Witness Who being Respectively Duly Sworn before
me upon the Holy Evangelists do Severally upon their Several and Respective Oaths Prove before me to my Satisfication that the said Piece of Goods here above called Cambrick and So now here
Produced before me by the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
and by the said James Limbrey Proved to be bought by him the said James Limbrey of the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
as Aforesaid is Cambrick And the
Said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
having heard all the Evidence Aforesaid and having had due Liberty to cross examine all the said Witnesses now here doth not Produce on his Part any Witness in Order to
disprove the Facts here above charged and Sworn to Whereupon and whereby I the said Justice do now here Adjudge and finally Determine the said Complaint and Information of
the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
Against the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
to be true And do hereby Convict the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
of the said Offence by means of which Offences I do hereby Adjudge that
the said
Joseph Gibbon< no role >
hath forfeited the sum of five Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to the said
Edmund Sartell< no role >
the Informer And that that do pay the same to the said Edmund
Sartell Pursuant to the Statute in that Case made and Provided Given under My hand and Seal of the thirdDay of August One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty
Thos: Winterbottom< no role >
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