MIDDLESEX
.
AT the GeneralSession of the Peace
of our Lord the King, holden in and for the
County of Middlesex
; at the Session-House for the said
County, () on Monday
the Second Day of December
in the Thirty fourth Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great
Britain, Etc. Before
William Mainwaring< no role >
,
William
Coleman< no role >
,
Rupert Clarke< no role >
,
John Bond< 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 com-
mitted in the same County.
WHEREAS the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint
Martin in the fields within the Liberty of Westminster
in the County of Middlesex
did at the last General Quarter Session of the Peace held in and for this County Exhibit
their Petition and Appeal setting forth That by virtue of an Order or Pass Warrant under
the Hands and Seals of Philip Neve< no role >
and Thomas Gordon< no role >
Esquires
two of His Majesty's
Justices of the peace in and for the City and Liberty of Westminster
(one whereof being of
of the Quorum) bearing date the 16th. day of October 1793 penelope Heacock< no role >
the Wife of John
Benjamin < no role >
and their two Children namely penelope < no role >
aged Two years and
upwards and Susannah < no role >
aged Seven Months and upwards were removed and
conveyed from and out of the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of
Westminster
in the county of Middlesex
to the said Parish of St. Martin in the fields
as the place of their last legal settlement whereby the Petitioners conceived themselves
aggrieved which said Appeal stood duly adjourned until this Session
NOW, upon hearing the said Appeal, and what hath been alledged by the respective
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parishes their Counsel and Witnesses
in and concerning the Premises. IT IS ORDERED, that the said Appeal be, and the
same is hereby dismissed, and that the said Order of the said two Justices be and the same is
hereby confirmed; And IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Martin in the fields
do maintain
and provide for the said Penelope Heacock< no role >
, and her said two Children
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law.
By the COURT,