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Be it Remembred That on the Sixteenth Day of July in the twenty fourth Year of the Reign of his Majesty
George the second over Great Britain Etc King Etc at Guild Hall London before me Thomas Winterbottom< no role > Esquire and Alderman
One of his Majestys Justices Assign'd 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 him Proper Person and now here upon his Oath Exhibitch before me the said Justice a certain Complaint and Information and
therein Upon his Oath complaineth that after the twenty fourth day June One Thousand Seven hundred forty eight to wit on the Eleventh
Day of July Instant in the Parish of Saint Vedast Forster Lane within the same City one Thomas Ledyard< no role > of the Parish Aforesaid Linnen
Drapers a Quantity of Cambrick did tell to one James Limbrey which said Cambrick was not exposed to Sale for Exportation contrary
to the form of the [..] made and provided [..] of which the said Thomas Ledyard< no role > hath forfeited to the said Edmund
Sartell the [..] in this behalf Sum of Five Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain All which the said Edmund Sartell< no role >
is ready to Prove before me by a Credible Witness when the said Thomas Ledyard< no role > shall be Summoned to make his Defence touching the
same Wherefore the said Edmund Sartell< no role > Prays Judgment of me the said Justice in the Premises and that I will Proceed thereupon
According to Law And that the said Thomas Ledyard< no role > may be Summoned to Appear before me and Answer the Premises and make
his Defence thereto, And hereupon because I will duly consider the Premises before Jany further Proceed therein I do Order
the said Edmund Sartell< no role > to come before me 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 Premises as I shall expedient & At Which
Day hour and Hall 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 Justice do now here Issue my Summons
to Summon on the said Thomas Ledyard< no role > to be and Appear before me at Guild Hall aforesaid in the City of London Aforesaid
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 the Abovenamed Thomas Ledyard< no role > in their Proper Person the said Thomas
Ledyard having been lawfully Summoned by Virtue of the Aforesaid Summons and the said Thomas Ledyard< no role >
now here before me having first heard the aforesaid Complaint and Information of the said Edmund Sartell< no role > read
unto him saith that he is in 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 Thomas Ledyard< no role > And the said Edmund Sartell< no role > now here before me Affirms
that the said Thomas Ledyard< 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 credible Witness which said James Limbrey< no role > nowhere
before me being first duly Sworn Upon the Holy Evangelists upon his Oath Saith that on the Eleventh day of July last
in the Parish of Saint Vedast Forster Lane Aforesaid the Aforesaid Thomas Ledyard did Sold certain Quantity of Cambrick
to him the said James Limbrey which said Cambrick the said Thomas Ledyard< 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 Charles Limbrey of the said Thomas Ledyard< no role > at the time Aforesaid
in the Manner Aforesaid and likewise now here before me Produceth Alexander ManRaby< no role > Joshua Channing< no role > Thomas
Ransom
< no role > and Charles Cleavy< no role > being Credible Witnesses 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 Satisfaction 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 Thomas Ledyard< no role > as aforesaid is Cambrick And the said Thomas Ledyard< 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 [..] Prove 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 Thomas Ledyard< no role > to be true And do hereby convict the said Thomas Ledyard< no role > of the said Offence by means of which
Offence do hereby Adjudge That the said Thomas Ledyard< 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 he do Pay the same to the said Edmund Sartell Pursuant< no role >
to the Statute that Case made and Provided Given under my hand and Seal the third day of August
One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty

Thos. Winterbottom< no role > [mark]




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