For his Clerk Ten Shillings & Six pence
For the Constable Ten Shillings & Six pence
And by the Said Informations it Appears that Justice was
Denied by Mr. Cotton when the Informer Refused or was not
able to pay the Said fees.

We Conceive the takeing of these fees to be unwarrantable
& Illegal Especially the Double fee of Ten Shillings and Six
pence to his Clerk and five Shillings more to the Writer Who
only wrote what belong'd to the Clerk to do, And therefore
was or ought to be Included in the Clerks fee Had there
been any Such fee Due to him.

We beg Leave Aso to acquaint your Grace that the
Justices Acting in Holborn Division as they reported to the
Sessions Examined all the Witnesses Whose Informations
are laid before your Grace Viva Voce And in the Presence
of Mr. Cotton Who had the Liberty at that time to Cross
Examine them and to Produce Witnesses in his own
Defence And he did Produce Some few Witnesses Accordingly
Who were Examined And had time allowed him to
produce more if he thought fit, Tho' he then owned and
Admitted before those Justices that he had Received the fees
Charged upon him, But Mr. Cotton neither before those
Justices nor before us in Sessions Produced any other
Witnesses besides those whose Informations are part of those
laid before your Grace tho' he was desired to be present on
this Occasion And being present did insist only on having
Copies of these Informations (the Contents of which he was
before throughly Apprised of) And further time to procure
Affidavits on his Side which we were of opinion we cou'd
not grant him in Regard to the Short Continuance of our
Sessions Neither did we think it Reasonable after the
time and notice before given him And the Rather as
wee Apprehend the Demand of time was Chiefly
Intended to put of this Representation till the next
Sessions which would have been very Inconvenient
And not So fully Answered the good Ends Proposed.

We think our Selves Bound in Duty as well as in
Obedience to his Majesties Comands (which Requires us to
Certify the Bahaviour of the Magistrates & Officers
within our Jurisdiction) to Lay this Representation before
your Grace to be Transmitted to his Majesties Most
Honourable Privy Council as we Conceive Such
Practices have a Strong Tendency to Discourage
Informations and Prosecutions and to Provoke and