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<p n="943">April Session in the twenty fifth Year of the Reign of King<lb></lb>
George the Third.</p>
<p n="944"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo699">Middlesex</rs>
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.</note>
Be it remembered that at the General Session of the<lb></lb>
Delivery of the Kings Gaol of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo700">Newgate</rs>
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holden for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo701">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo702">Justice Hall</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo703">Old Bailey</rs>
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in the Suburbs of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo704">City of<lb></lb>
London</rs>
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On Wednesday the <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45029_date167">Sixth Day of April</rs>
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in the twenty fifth Year of<lb></lb>
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third King of Great Briton Etc<lb></lb>
Before <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-1">Richard Clark</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ254">Esquire</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ255">Mayor</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo705">City of London</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ256">Sir</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-2">James<lb></lb>
Eyre</rs>
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King he One of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ257">Barons</rs>
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of our said Lord the King of his <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo706">Court of<lb></lb>
Exchequer</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-3">Brass Crosby</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ258">Esquire</rs>
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One of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ259">Aldermen</rs>
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of the Said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo707">City of London</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ260">Sir</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-23">Thomas Halifax</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ261">Knight</rs>
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one other of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ262">Aldermen</rs>
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of the Said City <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-4">James<lb></lb>
Adair</rs>
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One of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ263">Serjeants at Law</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ264">Recorder</rs>
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of the said City <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-5">John<lb></lb>
Burnell</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ265">Esquire</rs>
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one other of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ266">Aldermen</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_occ266" type="occupation" value="Aldermen"></interp>
of the Said City <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-6">John William Rose</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ267">Esquire</rs>
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and others their fellows Justices of our Said Lord the King Assigned to<lb></lb>
deliver the said Gaol of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo708">Newgate</rs>
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of the Prisoners therein being <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-7">Richard<lb></lb>
Akerman</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ268">Gentleman</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ269">Keeper of his Majestys Said Gaol of Newgate</rs>
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brings into<lb></lb>
the Court here the Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-8">George Cossans</rs>
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late of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo709">Parish of Ringwood</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo710">County of Southampton</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ270">Labourer</rs>
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whom he had in his Custody by Virtue of a<lb></lb>
Warrant under the Hand and Seal of <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ271">Sir</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-9">Sampson Wright</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ272">Knight </rs>
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one of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ273">Justices</rs>
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of our said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace of our Said Lord<lb></lb>
the King within the Said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo711">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and also to hear and determine<lb></lb>
divers Felonies Trespasses and other Misdemeanors committed within the<lb></lb>
said County which said Warrant is in the Words following (that is to says)<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo712">Middlesex</rs>
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(to wit) To the Keeper of his Majesty's Gaol of Newgate<lb></lb>
Whereas it appears to me one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo713">County of Middlesex</rs>
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by his Majesty's Order in His Privy Council of the<lb></lb>
fourteenth day of February One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three<lb></lb>
published in the London Gazettos of the eighteenth and twenty second Days of<lb></lb>
the Same Month of February That <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-75">John Earley</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-75" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ274">Yeoman</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_occ274" type="occupation" value="Yeoman"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-10">Joseph Earley</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-10" type="given" value="Joseph"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-10" type="surname" value="Earley"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-10" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ275">Yeoman</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_occ275" type="occupation" value="Yeoman"></interp>
a person known by the Name of George otherwise Teapot Labourer<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-11">Peter Warne</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-11" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ276">Yeoman</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_occ276" type="occupation" value="Yeoman"></interp>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-52">John Mickland</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ277">Labourer</rs>
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all of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo714">Parish of<lb></lb>
Ringwood</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo715">County of Southampton</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-12">John Streeter</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-12" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo716">Parish of<lb></lb>
Christ Church</rs>
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in the Said County <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ278">Mariner</rs>
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And <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-26">Esan Shelley</rs>
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of the Vill of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo717">Biston Closes</rs>
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in the Said County <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ279">Yeoman</rs>
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had been upon the eighteenth day<lb></lb>
of January then last past charged by Information of six credible Persons<lb></lb>
upon Oath by them subscribed before <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-13">Henry Compton</rs>
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Esquire then one of<lb></lb>
his Majesty's <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo718">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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in and for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo719">County of Southampton</rs>
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<lb></lb>
with having been guilty On Thursday the Ninth day of the said Month of<lb></lb>
January of being with several other Persons to the Number of about<lb></lb>
fifty more armed with Offensive Weapons namely large Bludgeous<lb></lb>
and Clubs and so armed being Assembled together at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo720">Burley</rs>
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in the Said<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo721">Parish of Ringwood</rs>
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and County aforesaid in Order to rescue and to beading<lb></lb>
and assisting in rescuing and taking away a large Quantity of mentioned Goods<lb></lb>
after Seizure thereof and that the Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-213">John Earley</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-14">Joseph Earley</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-14" type="given" value="Joseph"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-14" type="surname" value="Earley"></interp>
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a Person<lb></lb>
Known by the Name of George otherwise Teapot <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-15">Peter Warne</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-15" type="surname" value="Warne"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-15" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-89">John Mickland</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-89" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-89" type="surname" value="Mickland"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-89" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-16">John Streeter</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-243">Esau Shelley</rs>
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and each of them were by such his Majesty's<lb></lb>
Order in Council So published as aforesaid required to Surrender himself and<lb></lb>
themselves within the Space of forty Days after the first Publication of the Said<lb></lb>
Order in the London Garotte to The Lord Chief Justice or one other of his<lb></lb>
His Majesty's Justices of the Court of Kings Bench or to one of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
Justices of the Peace And whereas <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-17">George Cossans</rs>
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late of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo722">Parish of<lb></lb>
Ringwood</rs>
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in the Said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45029_geo723">County of Southampton</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_geo723" type="placeName" value="County of Southampton"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_geo723" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45029_occ280">Labourer</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_occ280" type="occupation" value="Labourer"></interp>
was this day<lb></lb>
brought before me and charged upon the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-85">Joseph Hanbury</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-85" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
with<lb></lb>
being the Person Known by the Name of George otherwise Teapot Labourer<lb></lb>
and with not having Surrendered him self pursuant to the Said Order but<lb></lb>
with having George Coted and refused so to do By reason and Means<lb></lb>
whereof he stands convicted and attainted of Felony And whereas the<lb></lb>
Said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45029_n944-18">George Cossans</rs>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45029_n944-18" type="given" value="George"></interp>
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hath this Day voluntarily confessed before me that<lb></lb>
he is the Person Known by the Name of George otherwise Teapot Labourer<lb></lb>
as Specified in the Said Order These are therefore in his Majesty's name</p>
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