Session in Middlesex
13th. Janry 1785}

St Mary Lambeth in SurreyAppellts.
and
St. James Westminster in Middlesex Respondts.

For the Appellts.

This is an Appeal agt. an Order of Removal under the Hands & Seals of Wm. Gowan< no role >
-John Clarke< no role > Esqrs. two Magistrates for the County of Middlesex dated the 8th. day of
December 1784 whereby Alice Hatton< no role > als Ann Hatton< no role > was Removed from St. James -
Westminster to Lambeth as the place of her Settlement.

First the Appellts. object to the form of this Order of Removal and Apprehend it must be
Quash't for the following Reasons

The Order states That Complaint hath been made to the Justices by the Churchwardens &
Overseers of the poor of the parish of Saint James That Alice Hatton< no role > hath lately intruded
& come into the sd Parish & is likely to become Chargeable, and then the Justices Adjudge the
place of the last legal Settlement of Ann Hatton< no role > to be in the parish of Lambeth and
Order Ann Hatton< no role > to be Removed from St. James's to Lambeth

The Appellants would not have Appealed against this Order on the Ground of this
Mistake alone but they Apprehend the Merits of the Case are with them & that they
have nothing to do with the Pauper.

Case

The Paupers Real Name is Ann Comber< no role > she was born a Bastard in the Parish of
Lambeth , Her Mothers Name was Comber but it is said that her Fathers Name
was Hatton, she is very well known at Lambeth & lived there from the time of her birth till
she was fourteen years of age And then she bound hereof Apprentice by Indenture dated 6th.
Novemr. 1780 for Seven years to one Alice Dawson< no role > of the Parish of St Margaret Westminster
in Middlesex (Widow) a Mantua Maker . and in pursuance of the Indre went to live with
Mrs. Dawson and Continued with her near a year when Mrs. Dawson had the
Misfortune to fall down Stairs and break her Leg and was sent to an Hospital

Upon Enquiry we Find that Hatton the Paupers Father Cohabited with Mrs Dawson
& Recomended her as a proper Misrs. for the Girl, and when the poor Woman was in the Hospital
with her broken Leg Hatton took the liberty of selling all her Goods and [..] the poor Girl
the Pauper out of doors to shift for her self, she says she has been in several places since
as a Servant but never stayed a year nor was she in any place by Mrs Dawsons Consent
or with her Knowledge for she never [..] her after she was tur [..] d out of doors by Hatton

To prove the Identity of the pauper & that she is the same Girl as was
put Apprentice by the Name of Ann Comber< no role > & that she took the name of
Hatton from her Father to whom her Mother was never Married Call}
The Pauper
&
Thos Swabey< no role >

To prove the Indre of Apprenticeship Call for it & the Subscribg Witness}
Thos Swabey< no role >

To prove near Twelve Months Service with Mrs Dawson under the IndreThe Pauper

No. The Respondts. have Enquired about this Apprenticeship & Service & are pretty well Satisfyed about it
and we apprehend they will Consent to the Order being Quasht.