Middlesex

At the General Quarter
Session of the Peace of our Lord the King holds
in and for the County of Middlesex at the Session
House for the said County (by adjournment) or
Thursday the Sixteenth day of January in the
Twenty third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord George the third King of Great Britain Etc.

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The Order of the Day being called for and Read Vizt. To
enquire into the circumstances of the late Escape of 31 Prisoners out of the
House of Correction at Clerkenwell .

The following Petition was presented and read Vizt.

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To His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex in their General Quarter Session holden in January 1783
Assembled.

The Humble Petition of James Crozier< no role >
Governour of the House of Correction at Clerkenwell

Sheweth

That in the Month of July 1781 Year Petitioner was
through your Worships favour appointed Governour of the House of Correction
at Clerkenwell , soon after which time Your Petitioner was afflicted with a very
violent nervous disorder which frequently rendered him incapable of
attending to the Duties of the Office

On this Account Your Petitioner was obliged to repave a
great deal of confidence in his Servants and to rely often upon their integrity
and care alone. In a situation like his any dependance upon another must
be attended wish resque and danger; the truth of which he has unfortunate
and fatally experienced fatal and unfortunate as the experience hath