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October 1799

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The King on the Prosecution of
Alexander Urquhart< no role > and others
against
James Barenton< no role > .

William Samuel< no role > Lemage of Queen Street
in the Parish of Saint Anne Westminster in the
County of Middlesex Gentleman Solicitor for the
Prosecutors maketh Oath and Saith That at the last
June Session held at Guilhall in and for the City and
Liberty of Westminster a Bill of Indictment was preferred
and found against the above named Defendant for Keeping
and maintaining a certain common ill governed and
disorderly House in the Parish of Saint Martin in the
Fields andupthat the said Defendant was apprehended
by virtue of a Benah Warrant but hath not served the
Prosecutors with a Notice of Trial And this Deponent
further Saith that he hath been informed and verily believes
to be true that the said Defendant hath quitted the House
in question That in consequence of the Defendants appearing to
be in distressed circumstances and having a large family and
also having quitted his former mode of life the Overseers
of the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields were induced to
relinguish the further Prosecution of the Defendant, and
instructed this Deponent so to do.

Sworn in Open Court
this 25th. day of October 1799}
[..]

Wm. Saml. Lemage




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