Middlesex Sessions:
General Orders of the Court
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February 1774 - December 1783

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Image 295 of 467 January 1780


"Aldermen of the said City and others their fellows Justices of [..]
"said Lord the King assigned to deliver the said Goal of our said
"the King of Newgate of the Prisoners therein being

Whereas at the Session of the Delivery of the King
"Goal of Newgate holden for the County of Middlesex at Justice
"in the old Bailey within the Suburbs of the City of London on Wed [..]
"the fourth day of July in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovere [..]
"Lord George by the Grace of God Hing of Great Britain Etc. before
"William Stewart< no role > Knight Mayor of the City of London Sir James
"Montague Knight Chief Baron of the Exchequer of our said Lord
"King Robert Dormer< no role > Esquire one of the Justices of our said Lord
"King of the Court of Common Pleas Sir Frances Page< no role > Knight
"of the Barons of the Exchequer of our said Lord the King [..]
"William Thompson< no role > Knight Recorder of the City of London Sir
"Francis Forbes< no role > Knight Robert Hesham< no role > Esquire and others [..]
"Fellon's Justices of our said Lord the King assigned to delay
"the said Goal of Newgate of the Prisoners therein being It [..]
"Ordered by the Court that there after no Bill or Bills of Indictm [..]
"should be received by the Clerk of Arraignments of the said County
"the Sessions of the peace or from the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer [..]
"at Hicks Hall in Saint John Street in the County of Middlesex
"the said County or from the Session of the peace holden for the Li [..]
"of Westminster in the said County after the hour of two in the af [..]
"of the second day of the Session of Goal delivery of Newgate held
"the said County And Whereas frequent delays and Inconvenience
"have happened to this Court by the Non observance of the sad [..]
"To the great hinderance of publick Justice and delay of the delivery
"the said Goal of Newgate of the Prisoners therein being This Court [..]
"therefore order that the order of Court before Recited be from and af [..]
"this Session received and carried into Execution and that above
"of this order be transmitted to the Justices of the said Session of [..]
"peace and Session of Oyer and Terminer now assembled at [..]
"Hall aforesaid

By the Court

"Now this Court taking the Premises into Consideration and b [..]
"desirous to remove every unnecessary delay in the Execution of
"Publick Business within their Jurisdiction Do hereby




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