Middlesex Sessions:
General Orders of the Court
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28th February 1734 - 14th April 1743

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Tottenham Court and other the Constables &
Headboroughs of the Parish of St. Pancras requiring
them in case any of the Said common Players of
Interludes or others Shall act exhibit or Shew any
Such Plays Drolls or other Shews or keep any gaming
Houses or gaming tables to apprehend & carry all
persons So offending before One or more of his Majesties
Justices of the peace for this County dwelling nearest
to the Places where any Such Booths or Gaming
Houses or gaming Tables Shall be erected or erecting
To the End they may be punished according to the
Laws in Such Case made & provided, And the
Said high & petty Constables & all other Officers are
hereby required to give publick Notice of this Order
by affixing the Same on the most Notorious Places,
or by Such other Ways & means as they Shall
think most proper within their respective
Divisions for the better Notification thereof,
And It is further Ordered that all other the High
Constables Petty Constables and other Officers within
this County where any Booths Shall be Erecting or
where they Shall be credibly Informed any Such
Drolls Plays or other Shows or Gameing are
intended to be acted exhibited Shewed or carryed on
Shall act in the Same or like manner and observe
and obey the Same Orders within their respective
Jurisdictions, Divisions or Parishes as is before
Ordered concerning the High Constable, Petty
Constables, and other Officers of Holborn Division,
And for the better preventing or Suppressing of the
Disorders aforesaid It is also recommended to
the Justices of the peace within their Several
Divisions to meet together to take and use
Such Lawfull means as may be most effectual
for preventing the Abuses aforesaid, wherein all
high Constables Petty Constables and other Officers
are required to be aiding and assisting with
their utmost diligence as they will answer
the Contrary at their Peril, And It is further
Ordered by this Court that this Order be




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