To the Worshipful Sir John Hawkins< no role > [..]
Chairman of the Sessions held at Hicks
Hall and other his Majestys Justices of
the peace acting in and for the County of
Middlesex

The humble Petition of the Commissioners for
paving Repairing Cleansing Draining Lighting and
Watching that part of the parish of Saint Sepulchre
that is and lieth in the County of Middlesex and for
removing Annoyances and Obstructions therefrom
and preventing the like for the future Etc

Sheweth

That your Petitioners in pursuance of an Act
Parliament lately made and passed are cause in [..]
and Carriage ways within the same to be new paved a [..]
otherwise improved at a very considerable expence to
the Inhabitants thereof for the benefit and accomodation
of the publick in general

That the present Watch House situate in the center
of St John Street near Smithfield Bars is not only a
every great Nuisance of itself and a harbour for all
manner of Filth and Rubbish but also unfit for the
purpose being to small to hold above five persons at
most and without any place whatever for securing
disorderly persons in that may be apprehended or
given in Charge to the Constable or Headborough of
the Night who are obliged to send them to Prison until
they can be carried before a Majestrate the next day