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<p n="1583"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Claym of Right</note>
The <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2313">Justices of the peace</rs>
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of the County of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1669">Middx</rs>
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assembled in<lb></lb>
their Quarter Sessions Some time since having been informed by Some<lb></lb>
of their own Body that offence was taken in the Court of Goal Delivery<lb></lb>
at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1670">Old Baily</rs>
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at Some Justices of the peace of this County Sitting<lb></lb>
covered there(as one of the Sherriffs lately acquainted the Said Justices)<lb></lb>
did in due manner and with all proper Regard to the Judges and other<lb></lb>
Commrs. of Goal Delivery there proceed to inquire what right the<lb></lb>
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in this County have of attending the Sessions of Goal<lb></lb>
Delivery for the same County at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1671">Old Baily</rs>
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and of the place and<lb></lb>
manner of their sitting there and whether covered or otherwise, and<lb></lb>
whether the Justices of the other Countys of England, who are not in<lb></lb>
the Comicon of Oyer and Terminer or Goal Delivery for those Countys,<lb></lb>
Sit covered in Court. In Consequence of which Enquiry. They found<lb></lb>
that it hath been the constant uninterrupted of age for the Justices<lb></lb>
of the peace of this County to be present at the Sessions of Goal<lb></lb>
Delivery of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1672">Old Baily</rs>
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if they thought proper so to be, or as occasion<lb></lb>
might require, And also that the East Side of the Court has been<lb></lb>
always reserved for them and Strangers have been frequently turned<lb></lb>
out by the Direction of the Court to make room for the Justices and for<lb></lb>
their better Accomodation, which they conceive to be a Strong Evidence<lb></lb>
of their Right to Sit on the East Side there, And they can prove by the<lb></lb>
most Ancient of their Brethren(one of whom has been above Fifty<lb></lb>
Years in this Comicon)That it hath been the Constant usuage during<lb></lb>
that time for the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2315">Justices of the peace</rs>
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of this County and even for those<lb></lb>
of the City and Liberty of Westmr. to Sit covered in the Court of Goal<lb></lb>
Delivery at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1673">Old Baily</rs>
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when they thought fit, And they further<lb></lb>
observe that their attendance at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1674">old Baily</rs>
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is required and very<lb></lb>
necessary for the publick Service in Order to the Conviction of Felons<lb></lb>
and other Criminals by producing and proving Confessions and<lb></lb>
Examinations as the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2316">Justices of the peace</rs>
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in all the other County of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1675">England</rs>
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do at the Assizes who according to the best Information that<lb></lb>
could be gained on this Occasion Sit covered on the Crown Side<lb></lb>
when ever they please they attending by Virtue of his Maties<lb></lb>
Commission and not as private Persons.</p>
<p n="1584">This being the State of the Case the Justices hope they Shall appear<lb></lb>
to be well grounded in making it a Claim of Right to be covered in the<lb></lb>
Court of Goal Delivery at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1676">Old Baily</rs>
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when they think fit, and they<lb></lb>
beg leave to informe your Lordship that it was owing to their repeated<lb></lb>
Experience of your Lordships Great candour Equity and Humanity<lb></lb>
and your Concerne often and publickly expressed for the Honour of<lb></lb>
the Kings Commission of the peace That they determined to lay this<lb></lb>
their Claim of Right in the First Instance before your Lordship</p>
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