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February 1795

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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 Sixteenth Day of February
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 > , Rupert Clarke< no role > , Hammond Crosse< 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
George in the Borough of Southwark in the County of Surrey 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 C. T. Kerby and J. P. Andrews Esquires two of this Majestys
Justices of the Peace acting in and for the County of Middlesex (one whereof being of the
Quorum) bearing date the 24th. day of December 1794 Keturah Grant< no role > the Widow of
James Grant< no role > deceased, with Edward< no role > her Child (by her said late Husband) Aged about
One year and Eight Months were removed from the Parish of Saint Margaret Westminster
in the County of Middlesex unto the said Parish of Saint George in the Borough of
Southwark 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 St George in the Borough of Southwark do maintain
and provide for the said Keturah Grant< no role > and her said Child
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law.

By the COURT,




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