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Image 166 of 5636th December 1736


Staiton John Andrews< no role > & John Veale< no role > late Constables of
the parishes of St. Giles in the feilds & St. George Bloomsburry
in the Said County for the year one thousand Seven
hundred and thirty three, for their trouble & expences in
passing & releiving of Vagrants, for payment whereof
they exhibited their petition to the Court of Sessions of the
peace for this County, It appeareth to this Court by the Said
Report that the Said Justices did take into consideration
the aforesaid petition, And did find that the parish
of St. Giles in the feilds have not paid towards the said
Vagrant Rate the three Rates made by this Court in
the years 1729:1731: & 1735 Therefore the Committee
conceive the Said parish Officers Should not receive any
benefit by that Rate as they desire by the prayer of the
said petition, And that the said Committee by their Said
Report humbly Certify that the petrs. Should apply to
their parishioners for payment of all Such Sum & Sums
of money that are due to them for passing and
releiving of Vagrants, and to deduct So much money
as the Petrs. pray to be paid by lawfull Certificates
out of the Said Rate to their said Officers out of the
arrears of the Vagrant Rate that has been due to
this County upon the Several Rates aforesaid
And that the Said parishoners of the Said parish
of St. Giles in the feilds ought to pay the remainder
to the Treasurer, This Court upon consideration
had of the Said Report is of opinion with the Said
Committee And Doth agree to the Report aforesaid.

By Adjornmt. on Monday the 6th. day of
December 1736 .

Order concerning
the trial of traverses}

For the more ready dispatch of the busyness
relating to the prosecutors of persons Indicted or who
may be Indicted at the Sessions of the peace for this
County It is Ordered by this Court that when the
Sessions of the peace for this County Shall beginn
at Hicks hall in a forenoon all traverses upon
Indictments shall be brought on to triall by the
Defendants on that day or within the two next
ensueing days in the forenoon of each day, and
they are to give two full days notice of trial to the




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