Middlesex Sessions:
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Image 217 of 467 July 1778


Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Thir [..]
entitled "An Act for the relief of Prisoners charged with fe [..]
"or other Crimes who shall be acquitted or discharged by proclam [..]
"respecting the payment of Trees to Goalers" and giving a recomp [..]
"for such fees out of the County Rates" making in the whole [..]
Sum of One Thousand Two Hundred and Seven Pounds [..]
Shillings and Eight Pence as also an Account of the number [..]
Prisoners convicted at the Delivery of the Goal of Newgate to ha [..]
Labour pursuant to the Act of Parliament passed in the Sixte [..]
Year of the Reign of his present Majesty Entitled "An Act to
"Authorize for a limited time the punishment, by hard Labour
"of Offenders who for certain Crimes, are or shall become liable
"to be Transported to any of His Majesty's Colonies and plantatio [..]
for each of which Convicts the said Mr. Richard Akerman< no role > This name instance is in set 4413. [..]
a fee of Fourteen Shillings and Ten Pence amounting in the
whole to One Hundred Eighty Six Pounds Three Shillings and
Two Pence and which accounts make together the Sum One
Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety Three pounds Nine Shillings
and Ten Pence the payment of which Sums he the said
Richard Akerman< no role > hath demanded of the said Treasurer and
the Treasurer having prayed the instruction of the Court ha [..]
he should proceed in the premises It is Ordered that
Mr. Akerman be informed it is the Opinion of the Court that
they are not now sufficiently acquainted with the legality of
his demand to give a positive answer and therefore desire [..]
to State in Writing for the consideration of the ensuing Sess [..]
the legal Grounds of his claims

This Court being informed that The
Committee appointed to carry into immediate and Effectu [..]
Execution the Repair of New Prison and Clerkenwell
Bridewell is but ill attended and that many times there
have not been a sufficient number of members present to
Compose such Committee notwiths landing there are upwar [..]
of 50 Gentlemen named of the said Committee all of whom
are Summoned on those occasions by which means many
matters referred to them have been greatly retarded in the
Execution It is Ordered that The Reverend Sir George
Booth
< no role > Baronet Thomas Cogan< no role > George Allcock< no role > William
Mainwaring
< no role > Thomas Tryon Cotton Richard paul< no role > Jod [..]
and William Kitchiner< no role > Esquires be a Committee to exam [..]




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