[..] Burrough and Town
Westminster in the County
Middlesex to Wit}

At yr. Generall Quarter Session of Yr Peace held [..]
for yr Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the [..]
Church of Saint Peter Westminster of the City [..]
Town of Westminster in the County of Middlesex [..]
Martins le Grand London on Wednesday Yr Eight & [..]
day of March in yr Sixth year of yr reigne of one Peace
Lord George yr Second King of Great Britain [..]
Ireland Defender of the Faith and So Forth

Whereas at the Generall Quarter Session held for this City & [..]
Adjournmt. on Saturday yr Sixth day of January Last J: Innes and other
Prisoners for Debt confined in his Majesties Prison of ye Gatehouse with
City of Westmr. under ye Custody of Francis Geary Keeper of ye Sd. Prison
Exhibit their humble Peticon to this Court Setting fouth That ye Sd Fras [..]
Gears and his Agents had been guilty of Extortion and Abuses towards
Prisoners as in the Said Peticon is Set forth and whereas by an Order
Court made at the Same Sessions the Matters contained in the Sd Paties
And also the Mres contained in another Peticon also then Exhibited
this Court in favour of the Sd. Francis Geary< no role > were refused to Sir Thomas
Cross< no role > Barrt . Wm Cowper< no role > John Crop< no role > Alexander Choke< no role > Samuel Saville< no role > John
Meard< no role > Thomas Burdus< no role > Michel Margetts< no role > Thos: Deveill< no role > Thos: [..] Rich
Gifford< no role > Oliver Lambert< no role > Esquires and other of his Majesties [..]
the Peace of this City and Liberty or any five of them to Examination
contained in both the Sd. peticons and to report their Opinion their
to this Court And Whereas Wm Cowper< no role > Jno: Crop< no role > Thos Burdus [..]
Margetts Oliver Lambert and John Meard< no role > Esqrs Six of the Said Justices
named in the Said order of reference have this day delivered into
their report of report of ye Mre to them referred Setting forth that they by [..]
of ye sd Order of reference had had Severall meeting in the Sd prison &
examined a great number of Witness upon Oath on the Part of ye Sd
and the other Peticoners and in regard thatit was part of Yr Comper
against the said Francis Geary< no role > that the Said Goal was [..]
had personally viewed the Sd Goal and every part there of by [..]
[..]
[..] the their Opinion been in any maintain made good agnt [..]
Geary and that they had not proceeded to examine into ye mi [..]
in ye Peticon Exhibited in favour of ye sd. Francis Geary< no role > as not [..]
it necessary so to do in as much as so farr as it concerned ye [..]
of ye Sd. Francis Geary< no role > nothing had been made out or Proved [..]
Satisfaccon of ye Sd. referees And also Setting forth that ye sd. [..]
had put in before them his Answer in writing to yesd. Pa [..]
had Admitted as it was Charged that there near was any [..]
hung life in ye Goal d [..] ng his time altho by his P [..]
there were some which ye Sd. reference thought a M [..]