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October 1798

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MIDDLESEX


AT the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Lord the King, holden for the County of
Middlesex , at the Guildhall in King Street, Westminster , in the said County on Wednesday
the Seventeenth Day of October in the Thirty eighth 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 > , David Dean< no role > , Rupert Clarke< 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
committed in the same County. That Session of the Peace is adjourned, by the aforesaid Justices of
our said Lord the King abovenamed and others their Fellows aforesaid, here until Monday
the Twenty second day of the same Month of October at the hour of Ten in the Forenoon
of the same Day, to be holden at the Session House upon Clerkenwell Green , in and for the said County,
and that at the same Session of the Peace being holden by Adjournment aforesaid, at the Session House
aforesaid, in and for the said County, on the said Monday the twenty second Day of
October in the Year aforesaid before the said of the Peace is adjourned by the afore-
abovenamed, in the Year aforesaid before the said Justices of our said Lord the King
said Justices of our said Lord the King above named, and others their Fellows aforesaid here until
Tuesday the twenty third Day of the same Month of October at the Hour and
Place last abovesaid, and that at the same Session of the Peace, being holden by Adjournment afore-
said, at the Session House aforesaid, in and the said County, on the said Tuesday the
twenty third Day of October in the Year aforesaid before the said Justices of our
said Lord the King abovenamed, and others their Fellows aforesaid. That Session of the Peace is ad-
journed by the aforesaid Justices of our said Lord the King abovenamed, and others their Fellows
aforesaid, here until Wednesday the twenty fourth Day of the same Month of October
at the Hour and Place last abovesaid, and that at the same Session of the Peace being holden by Ad-
journment aforesaid, at the Session House aforesaid, in and for the said County, on the said
Wednesday the twenty fourth Day of October in the Year aforesaid before the
said Justices of our said Lord the King abovenamed, and others their Fellows aforesaid, that Session
of the Peace is adjourned by the aforesaid Justices of our said Lord the King abovenamed, and
others their Fellows aforesaid here until Thursday the twenty fifth Day of the same Month
of October at the Hour and Place last abovesaid. And that at the same Session of the Peace
being holden by Adjournment aforesaid, at the Session House aforesaid, in and for the said County, on
the said Thursday the twenty fifth Day of October in the thirty ninth Year of the Regin aforesaid Sovereign Lord George the King Great Britain Etc before
the said Justices of our of Said Lord the King abovenamed, and others their Fellows aforesaid

Whereas Henry Cooper< no role > of Market Lane in the Parish of Saint James within
the Liberty of Westminster in the said County of Middlesex Victualler Hath at this
Present Session Exhibited his Petition and appeal setting forth That He was on the
Twenty first day of September One Thousand Seven hundred and ninety eight Convicted on
the Information of one Joseph Sorverby and other Witnesses then examined before branley
Thomas Kerby Esqr. one of His Majestys Justices of the Peace then acting at the Public Officer
in Queen Square Westminster of an Offence for setting up maintaining and keeping a
certain fraudulent Game to be determined by chance of dice under the denomination of the
Game of Hazard; Contrary to the Statute in that case made and provided; That such
Conviction having in manner aforesaid taken place the said Cranley Thomas Kerby< no role >
did as such Magistrate direct and order that the Sum of Two hundred Pounds should
be forfeited by the Petitioner and Commanded one John Marsden< no role > one of the Constables
retained and employed at the said Public Office to levy the said Sum of Two Hundred
Pounds so forfeited as aforesaid by Distress and Sate of the Goods and Chattels of the
Petitioner and to make sale thereof unless the said Goods and Chattels should be




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