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<p n="1579">P Adjorn die Jovis <rs type="date" id="LMSMGO55600_date281">2o. July 1730</rs>
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<p n="1580"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Order to prepare a<lb></lb>
Claym of Right}</note>
Upon reading the Report of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1580-1">Nathaniel Blackerby</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2305">Esqr</rs>
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Sr. John<lb></lb>
Gouson Knt. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1580-2">John Milner</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1580-3">John Crosse</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1580-4">James Oglethorpe</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1580-45">William<lb></lb>
Wickham</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1580-94">John Martin</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1580-7">Thomas Burdus</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1580-8">Charles Moore</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1580-9">William Cotesworth</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2306">Esqrs</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2307">Justices of the peace</rs>
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of this County<lb></lb>
appointed by order of Court as a Committee to inquire what<lb></lb>
right the Justices of the peace of the Said County have of<lb></lb>
attending the Sessions of Goal Delivery holden for the same<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1663">County at the Old Baily</rs>
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and the place & manner of their<lb></lb>
sitting there, and whether covered or otherwise, and whether the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2308">Justices of the peace</rs>
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of the other Countys of England who are not in<lb></lb>
the Commission of Oyer & Terminer or Goal Delivery in the<lb></lb>
other Countys of England Sit covered in Court, and to make<lb></lb>
their Report touching the premisses, It appeareth to this Court<lb></lb>
by the said Report that it hath been a constant Uninterrupted<lb></lb>
Usage for the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2309">Justices of the peace</rs>
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of this County to be present at<lb></lb>
the Sessions of Goal Delivery at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1664">Old Baily</rs>
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if they thought<lb></lb>
proper Soe to be or as occasion might require, And alsoe that<lb></lb>
the East side of the Court had always been reserved for them,<lb></lb>
and Strangers have been formerly turned out by the<lb></lb>
direccon of the Court to make room for the Justices and for<lb></lb>
their better accomodacon, which they conceive to be a Strong evidence<lb></lb>
of their right to Sit on the East Side there, And that they can prove by<lb></lb>
the most ancient of their Brothren(one of whom has been above<lb></lb>
fifty yeares in the this Comission)That it hath been the constant<lb></lb>
usage during that time for the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2310">Justices of the peace</rs>
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of this<lb></lb>
County, and even for those of the City & Liberty of Westmr. to Sit<lb></lb>
covered in the Court of Goal Delivery at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1665">Old Baily</rs>
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when<lb></lb>
they thought fit, And that their attendance at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1666">Old Baily</rs>
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<lb></lb>
is required & very necessary for the publick Service in Order to<lb></lb>
the Conviccon of Felous & other Criminals by produceing &<lb></lb>
proving Confessions and Examinations as the Justices of the<lb></lb>
peace in all the other Countys of England do at the Assizes, who<lb></lb>
according to the best informacon that could be gained on this<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
occasion sit covered on the Crown side when ever they please, they<lb></lb>
attending by vertue of his Maties Commission and not as private<lb></lb>
persons, whereupon this Court doth(Nemine contradicente)<lb></lb>
Agree to the said Report, And doth Order that a Claym of right<lb></lb>
of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ2311">Justices of the peace</rs>
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of this County to Sit on the East Side<lb></lb>
of the Court of Goal Delivery at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1667">Old Baily</rs>
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at the Execution<lb></lb>
of the Commissions of Goal Delivery there, and to be Covered<lb></lb>
there in Court with the grounds thereof be laid before the</p>
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