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<p n="934"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">January 1778</note>
The following Summons under the Hand writing of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n934-1">John Gretton</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n934-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ401">Esquire</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_occ401" type="occupation" value="Esquire"></interp>
being laid before your Committee vizt</p>
<p n="935">Margaret Street Cavendish Square</p>
<p n="936"> <hi rend="brace"> <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo882">Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Etc<lb></lb>
to wit<hi rend="braceResult"> Mr <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n936-1">Tho' Dickson</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo883">Finchely</rs>
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<p n="937">These are in his Majesty's name to require You<lb></lb>
personally to be and appear before me <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n937-1">John Gretton</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n937-1" type="surname" value="Gretton"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n937-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ402">Esquire</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_occ402" type="occupation" value="Esquire"></interp>
one<lb></lb>
of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ403">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said County Etc At my<lb></lb>
House in Margaret Street aforesaid on Thursday next at twelve<lb></lb>
o' Clock at noon then and there to shew cause and Answer the<lb></lb>
Complaint of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n937-2">Alexr Phillips</rs>
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for unlawfully using your Carton<lb></lb>
Sunday the 9th day of November in the parish of Saint Mary<lb></lb>
Islington contrary to the Statute Etc</p>
<p n="938">Hereof fail not at your Peril Given under my hand and Seal<lb></lb>
this 10th day of Novr one thousand seven hundred and seventy<lb></lb>
Seven</p>
<p n="939">No if you do not attend this Summons the Magistrate will<lb></lb>
issue a Warrant for Contempt</p>
<p n="940">It appeared to your Committee that the said Summons was<lb></lb>
sent by the penny Post to Mr Dixon who attended the said<lb></lb>
Justice on the 13th November pursuant to the same and paid a<lb></lb>
penalty to ten Shillings and six pence together with two Shillings<lb></lb>
and six pence Office Fees which Fees yours Committee are of opinion<lb></lb>
are illegal and oppressive</p>
<p n="941">The following Summons under the hand of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n941-1">John Gretton</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n941-1" type="surname" value="Gretton"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n941-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
being laid before Your Committee Vizt</p>
<p n="942">Margaret Street Cavendish Square</p>
<p n="943"> <hi rend="brace"> <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55607_geo884">Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Etc<lb></lb>
to wit<hi rend="braceResult"> Mr <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n943-1">John Buckingham</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n943-1" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n943-1" type="surname" value="Buckingham"></interp>
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and the Driver of his Cart</hi>
</hi>
</p>
<p n="944">These are in his Majesty's Name to require you<lb></lb>
personally to be and appear before me <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55607_n944-1">John Gretton</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n944-1" type="surname" value="Gretton"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55607_n944-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ404">Esq</rs>
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one of<lb></lb>
his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55607_occ405">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said County Etc at my<lb></lb>
House in Margaret Street aforesaid on Wednesday next at eleven</p>
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