The King on the Prosecution of the Justices for
Repairing the Highways leading towards Highgate
Gatehouse
& Hampstead
agt.
The Governor & Company of the New River
brought from Chadwell
and [..]
Amwell
to London
[..] 1768
Bill of Indictment was preferred and found agt. the
Company for a Nusance and Misdemeanor for Suffering
their Wooden pipes under the pavement of the West Side of
Goswell Street
to go to decay and not repairing the same
by which means the Water did ascend and her upon the said
Street & stagnate and remain there whereby the present
Rt was much damaged and became a great Nusance
and almost impassable
October Sessions
An Accomodation was entered into between the Tust
the Company wherefore the Company did
[..] to the
Indictment
Feby. Sessions
1769}
The Company not having complied with the Terms of
Accomodation A Venice was Issued to Compell them to
appear & plead
April Sessions
The Company having not appeared & pleaded a Distringas
was Issued and 40s Issues was Levied by the Sheriff
Verte