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December 1794

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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 First Day of December
in the Thirty Fifth Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great
Britain, Etc. Before William Mainwaring< no role >
William Bleamire< no role > , Hammond Crosse< no role > , John Hole< no role >
Esquire , 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 Allhallows
Barking in the City of London Did at the last General Session of the Peace held
in and for the County Exhibit their Petition and Appeal retting forth That by
virtue of a certain Order or pass Warrant under the hands and Seals of Philip Neve< no role >
and John Scott< no role > Esquires two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the County
of Middlesex (one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the Thirteenth day of July
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Four Sarah Shays< no role > wife of James Shays< no role >
(who as alledged in the said Order was absent from her) and her Made Child, named
John< no role > aged Four Months (and her Female Child named Jane< no role > aged Five Year and
Eight Months with her for Nurture) were removed and conveyed from and out of the Parish
of Saint Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex to the said Parish of Allhallows
Barking in the City of London as the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said
Sarah Shays and her said Male Child named John Whereby the Petitioner conceived
themselves aggrieved which said Appeal Food 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 Witness
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 Allhallows Barking London do maintain
and prvide for the said Sarah Shays< no role > and her said Male Child named John
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law.

By the COURT,
Selby




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