9th December 1773

Whereupon and on the Confession of the said John Walbank< no role > he the said
John Walbank< no role > was by the said Edward Hall< no role > in compliance with the order
of Court thereupon made discharged from his place of Turnkey to the said
House of Correction Now upon the application of the said Mr Thomas Richards< no role >
in favour of the said John Walbank< no role > and upon his Submission and promise
of better behaviour in the future to the said Mr Thomas Richards< no role > . It is
Ordered by the Court that the order for the discharge of the said John Walbank< no role >
be and the same is hereby reversed and set aside And the said Mr Edwd< no role >
Hall is hereby directed to reinstate the said John Walbank< no role > in his place of
Turnkey to the said House of Correction. And it is further ordered That
the Reverend Mr Richards be desired to inform this Court of any future
ill behaviour towards him of any of the Servants belonging to the said
House of Correction. And it is also further ordered that these Orders
be fixed up in some conspicuous place in the said House of Correction are
warning to the Servants and others of the said House of Correction not to be
guilty of the like Offence.

Hammond Crosse< no role > Esqr with whom an agreement had been made by the
Justices at a preceeding Session on the part of the County of Middlesex
for a piece of Ground on which to Erect a Session House having made an
application to this Court to be heard in his own behalf concerning the same
was called in and the Court having heard his Allegations both with the
respect to the pretended Expence and trouble which he had been at in regard
to the said agreement and his desire of a pecuniary Compensation for releasing
the Gentlemen from the same and being then desired to withdraw and it
appearing to this Court that Mr Cross had before any conveyance could be
made by the proper Officer agreeable to the said Agreement taken back the
Deeds from which the same was to be drawn and that he had frequently
and to more than one person declared that he did not think himself at all
bound by the said order or agreement but at full Liberty to dispose of the said
Ground to any other, it was Resolved that the answer to Mr Cross be That
Mr Cross having taken his deeds out of the possession of the Clerk of the Peace
which a proper conveyance was preparing. It is the opinion of the Court
that Mr Cross by so doing has vacated the Agreement Upon which Mr
Cross being called in the Chairman in his seat read the preceding Opinion
of the Court to Mr Cross who thereupon desired that he might have his