For the Appellants
To the Worshipful his Majestys Justices of the Peace
for the County
of Middlesex
at their General Quarter Session of the Peace assembled
The humble Petition and Appeal of the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of St. John of Wapping
in the County of Middlesex
.
Sheweth
That by virtue of an Order of Removal under the hands and Seals of two of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the County of Middlesex
(one being of the Quorum) bearing date
the Day of June 1767 Mary Trueborn< no role >
Spinster
a Lunatic
was removed from the Parish of St. Mary
Islington
in the County of Middlesex
to the said Parish of St. John of Wapping
, the said Justices
thereby adjudging that to be the place of her last legal Settlement. Your Petitioners therefore
conceiving themselves aggrieved by the said Order and Judgment of the said Justices, do
humbly appeal therefrom
Your Petitioners therefore most humbly pray that your Worships
will be pleased to appoint some day in this present Session to
hear their appeal, and to make an Order that the Churchwardens &
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of St. Mary Islington
and all
partys concerned may then and there hear and abide the Judgement
and determination of your Worships therein
And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc.
The Appellants Case,
The Pauper Mary Trueborn< no role >
(who is a Lunatic) was removed from Islington
to Wapping on the
Examination of Mrs. Jane Avery< no role >
a Gentlewoman
who knew her Father & Mother & has sworn that
they lived at the bottom of Anchor & Hope Alley
in the Parish of St. John of Wapping
where the
Pauper was born & never afterds gained any other Settlement, But the Gentlewoman
happens to have mistaken the Parish for all Anchor & Hope Alley
is in the Parish of
St. George
& not St. John of Wapping
.
To prove which (if needful) please to call}
Mrs. Avery herself
Thos. Sheffield< no role >
Benj: Blackden< no role >
John Holman< no role >
But it is believed the Respondents are note satisfied of their mistake & will therefore
consent that the Appeal may be allowed, which be pleased to pray, together with 12s for
Costs of Maintenance for 4 Weeks at 9s Week.