Middx
At the General Session of the Peace of our Lord the King holden for the
County of Middlesex
at
Hicks Hall
in Saint John Street
in the said County
(by Adjournment) On Thursday Nineteenth day of September in the Fifth Year
of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third King of Great Britain Etc
Before
Thomas Lane< no role >
,
Benjamin Cowley< no role >
,
Thomas Niccoll< no role >
,
James Esdaile< no role >
Esquires
and others their Fellows Justices of our said Lord the King Assigned
to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid and also to hear and Determine divers
Felonies Trespasses and other Misdemeanours committed in the same County
Whereas the Churchwardens and Overseer of the Poor of the
Parish of Saint James
within the Liberty of Westminster
in the said County of Middlesex
Did at the last
General Quarter Session of the Peace held for the County of Middlesex
in July last
Exhibit their Petition and Appeal Setting forth That by Virture of pass Warrant or
Order under the hands and Seals of Charles Palmer< no role >
and Joseph Girdler< no role >
Esquires
two
of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the County of Middlesex
(one whereof being
of the Quorum) bearing date the 7th. day of June 1765 Elizabeth Minnis< no role >
Widow
was
Removed from the
Parish of Saint Mary Islington
in the said County of Middlesex
to
the said
Parish of Saint James
within the Liberty of Westminster
as the place of
her last legal Settlement Whereby the Petitioners thought themselves aggrieved Which
said Appeal was duly adjourned unto this day Now upon hearing of the said Appeal
in the Presence and hearing of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Saint Mary Islington
and they consenting by their Council to the allowing of
the said Appeal It is Ordered that the said Appeal be and the same is hereby allowed
And the said Warrant or Order of the said Two Justices is hereby Quashed and Vacated
And it is further Ordered that the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Saint James
within the liberty of Westminster
or some or one of them Do
forthwith Convey and deliver back the said Poor woman (together with a Copy of this
Order) unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of saint
Mary Islington
or to some or one of them who are hereby required to receive and
Provide for her untill they can Free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of
law.
By the Court
Waller