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By Adjornment on Thursday ye.
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7th. day of June 1753
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Order for Mr. Higgs the
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to pay
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15s.0d to Mr.
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Roger Jackson
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Coroner
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for the Liberty
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of
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A List of Inquisitions being produced before this Court by
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Roger Jackson
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for the City and Liberty of
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Westminster
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in the County of Middx therein mentioning
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the same to be taken on View of Dead Bodies in the said
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Liberty of Westminster
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by the
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said Coroner and chargeable on the said County pursuant to an Act of Parliament
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made in the twenty fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George
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the second Intituled An Act of giving proper Rewards to Coroners for the due
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Execution of their Offices and for removal of Coroners upon lawfull Conviction
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for certain Misdeameanors which List begins on the nineteenth day of
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December one thousand seven hundred and fifty two and Ends on the thirtieth
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day of May one thousand seven hundred and fifty three therein
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mentioning the said Bodies to viewed in several Parishes and places in the said
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Liberty and to be Eleven in Number and that Eight pounds and fifteen Shillings
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is due to him for his Coroners Fee on View of the said Bodies, and it appearing to this
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Court by Writing under the hands of
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Thomas Jervis
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Charles Gould
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Esquires two
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of his Majestys
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Justices of the peace
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for the said County that they have examined
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the said Account and believe the same to be true It is ordered by this Court that
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Mr.
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John Higgs
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Treasurer
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of this County do pay the said Sum of Eight pounds
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and fifteen Shillings to the said
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in full of his said
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demand whose Receipt together with this Order shall be a sufficient
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discharge to the said
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for such payment.
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By Adjornment on Saturday the 9th. day of June 1759
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Mr. Higgs
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the
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to pay 0.7s.0
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the prosecutors of
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Jane Branville
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Ann Drake
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for Petty
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Larceny.}
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Upon the prayer of
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Richard Rooke
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the Present or of an Indictment
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who have been tried and
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Convicted at this present Sessions of Petty Larceny It is Ordered by this
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Court that Mr.
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of this County do pay unto the said
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Richard Rooke
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the Sum of seven shillings for the Expences which he hath
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been put unto in carrying on the said prosecution And that the Receipt
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of the said
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Richard Rooke
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together with this Order shall be a sufficient
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Treasurer
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