Middlesex Sessions:
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22nd February 1725 - 19th January 1734

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absolute discharge, without any date, of the Said Robert
Jennison out of custody if detained for noe other cause than
what was Specifyed (not in the committment but) in that
warrant, not haveing the Said Robert Jenison< no role > then before
him nor takeing any Security whatsoever at that time for
the Said Robert Jennison< no role > 's appearance to answer the Said
offence, But immediatly wrote a Letter to John Ellis< no role > Esqr.
(dated 14th. of November) Signifying That he had that day
taken Sufficient Bail for Mr. Robert Jennison< no role > to that
warrant granted upon the complaint of the high
Constable (which Letter is hereunto annexed marked, 3,)
And that it appeared to the Said Committee That the
Said Francis Jennison< no role > being with Mr. Midford upon
the account of the Prisoner Robert Jennison< no role > did desire
and endeavour to perswade Mr. Midford to Scratch out or
erase the Certificate of the Committment of the Said Robert
Jennison by him above menconed to have been indorsed
upon the Original warrant,

That the Said Committee haveing received these
Informacons of Soe illegal and unprecedented a proceeding
and Judging the Same to receive a considerable aggravacon
from its being attempted at a time when the effectual
Suppression of all disorderly houses is of So much more
than ordinary consequence to the Publick even in the
opinion of his most Sacred Majestie himselfe, and
when his Justices of the peace (with whom the said
Francis Jenison< no role > ought rather to have concurred) are by
his comands acting with all vigour to that end And
therefore that the Same was done not only in defiance of
the Subordinate Authority vested in and (in this instance)
executed by the Said Justices of the peace , but of his
Majesties own gracious express and particular
direccons for that purpose, and meant to discourage
and obstruct the infenor Peace Officers in doeing their
duty therein by arbitrarily and under colour of his




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