Feb: Sess: 1720

To the Right Honble Thomas Lord Parker Baron of
Macclefield Lord High Chancellour of Great Britain.

The Humble Representation of his Maties Justices of the
Peace for the County of Midd in their General Sessions Assembled
at Hicks Hall in St. John Street the Seven and twentieth day
of February 1720.

Sheweth

Representacon to the
Lord Chancellor. agt.
Sr. Wm. Moore< no role > Bart .
a Justice of Peace
of Middx

That Complaint was made to this Court at This
present General Sessions of the peace of Several misdemeanour
comitted and done by Sr. William Moore< no role > Bart . one of his Maties Justices
of the peace for this County of Middx in the Execution of his Office. The
particulars of which are as follow (Vizt.) That the said Sr. William
Moore did on the Second of January last issue a Sumons directed To
Mrs Ann Charles< no role > at her house near St. John Parsons< no role > 's Stairs Wapping
requiring her personal appearance before him at his Lodgings in
Buckingham Court near Whitehall on the day after To Shew cause
why she unlawfully detained from Mr William Milton< no role > several goods
without any legall warrant and on the fourth day of the said January
he did issue his Warrant To apprehend the said Mrs Ann Charles,
(which without any just cause appearing he made special) to bring
her before him, for illegally and unlawfully detaining the goods of
William Milton< no role > and Mary his Wife, and keeping them out of their
Lodgings no rent being then due, keeping the said William Milton< no role >
Prisoner and Assaulting him and his wife, and Swearing at her so that
She went us danger of her Life and for a Contempt in disobeying his
former Sumons; and the said Ann Charles was thereupon compelled
to come and did accordingly come to Whitehall before the said Sr.
William Moore< no role > , and was by him admitted to Bayl.

That the said Sd. William Moore< no role > did on the twentieth of February 1720
direct a Sumons To Mr Fortisone in High Holborn Fishmonger and
Constable and to Mr Richard Standford< no role > at the Golden Lyon in Little
Queen Street directing them personally to appear before him at his
Lodgings in Buckingham Court in Whitehall the day after To
answer what he had to object against them (whereby he seemed to
take upon him to Judge in his own cause) And for the said Fortisone
to bring with him a warrant which he had against Elizabeth Moss< no role >
Alexander Hall< no role > Jarvis Shelton< no role > and Elizabeth Langley< no role > . and that on
the five and twentieth of the same month the said Sr. William