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20th October 1783 - 17th December 1784

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To the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor and others of his Majesty's Justices of the
Peace for the City of London and the Liberties thereof in General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
at the Guild Hall of the said City Assembled.

The humble Petition and Appeal of the Church-
Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish and Town
of Hungerford in the Country of Berks .

Sheweth


That by Virtue of an Order under the Hands and Seals of your
Lordshipp and John Hart< no role > Esquire two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the
City of London and Liberties thereof bearing Date the Twenty Eighth day of June last
Catherine Cook< no role > aged Five Years and upwards and Ann Cook< no role > aged there Years and
upwards (being the Daughter s of James Cook< no role > who hath deserted there) were removed
and Conveyed from and out of the Parish of Saint Giles's without Cripplegate to
the said Parish and Town of Hungerford at the Place of the last legal Settlement
of the said Catherine and Ann Cook whereby your Petitioners conceive
themselves to be aggrieved.

Your Petitioners therefore humbly Appeal
to this Court against the Ajudication of the said Two
Justices and their said Order And Pray that the
Benefit of this Appeal may be saved to the Petitioners
and that the hearing and Determining thereof be adjourned
to the next General Session of the Peace to be holden in
and for the said City and Liberties.

And your Petitioners shall pray Etc.




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