1768
September.
and paraded throt. the high Streets and public Highways
of Shadwell
, Ratcliffe
and the Parish of Stepney
, in the
County aforesaid, with Drums beating and Colours flying.
That the said Ralph Hodgson< no role > This name instance is in set 3684.
Esquire
, the' not an
Fishman
, but a Native of England, an utter Barrister of
Grays Inn
, and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for
the County of Middlesex
did in his own proper Person with
one of the said Shamrogges in his Hat, March at the Head
of the said mob so assembled and did by Shouts acclamations
and other Gestures, in consistent with the Duty and character
of a Magistrate testify his approbation of, and give
Countenance to then tumultuous proceedings; and more
particularly, that the said Ralph Hodgson< no role >
, during the
said procession, marched at the head of the said Mob so
collected as aforesaid, with a Stick or Cane in his hand
and at the end of every four or five hundred Yards made
a halt, and waived or Brandished the said Stick or cane
over his head several Times, which Signal was from time
to time duly answered by the Shouts and huzzas of the
Mob so assembled, and who followed at his Heels in
manner aforesaid.
That the Riotous and tumultuous Procession afsd
lasted for several hours; and that after the same was over
the said Ralph Hodgson< no role >
went to a public House at Stepney
called Spring Gardens
, together with divers Persons who
had Walked with him in the said Procession, and spent the
remainder of the Day and supped with them there.
That the several facts above stated, with many others
that bespeak a general in attention in the said Ralph
Hodgson to the preservation of the public Peace, and a
shameless prostitution of the Office and Character of a
Magistrate, were represented to us in our general Session of
the Peace assembled, on the 19th. day of May last, in and by
a Petition of a great number of the Inhabitants of Shadwell
and the parts adjacent Men of property and respectable
Characters praying Redness of which petition the said Ralph