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<p n="14">To His Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50816_occ5">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50816_geo7">County of Middlesex</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
their General Session of the Peace held in and for the said County in the Month of<lb></lb>
December 1786 Assembled.</p>
<p n="15">The Report of the Committee appointed to examine<lb></lb>
into the Irregularities that happened at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50816_geo8">Highgate</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the passing of Vagrants.</p>
<p n="16">The said Committee Report, that in pursuance of the<lb></lb>
Order of Referrence to them made they caused the Governor of the House of Correction<lb></lb>
at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50816_geo9">Clerkenwell</rs>
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and Mr Adams the Contractor for conveying Vagrants in through<lb></lb>
and out of this County and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50816_n16-1">Jonathan Satchell</rs>
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(his Man) to come before them<lb></lb>
and upon Investigating the matter of them referred it appeared to your Committee<lb></lb>
(particularly upon the Examination of Satchell)that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50816_n16-2">Elizabeth Disson</rs>
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one of the<lb></lb>
Vagrants was taken and conveyed by him under the directions of Mr Adams<lb></lb>
his master in the usual manner to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50816_geo10">South Mimms</rs>
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in Herts in her way to<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50816_geo11">kington upon Ason</rs>
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in the County of Warwick and that he duly delivered her to Mr Prentice the<lb></lb>
Contractor for conveying Vagrants for that County and took a proper Receipt for<lb></lb>
her upon the Back of the Order for her Conveyance and that he had duly verified<lb></lb>
the same upon Oath --- That he never saw her from that time to the present<lb></lb>
and Knows not what has become of her.</p>
<p n="17">Your Committee further Report that in respect to<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50816_n17-1">Bryan Cassidy</rs>
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(the other Vagrant). It appeared upon the Examination of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50816_n17-2">Jonathan satchell</rs>
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that he received him from the House of Correction at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50816_geo12">Clerkenwell</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on or about the 19th. day of September last and conveyed him with several other<lb></lb>
Vagrants as far as Barnet in this County at which place he had a woman to<lb></lb>
deliver to the Overseers under a pass, that a Dispute arising among the Overseers<lb></lb>
of the said Parish respecting the settlement of the said Woman he satchell was<lb></lb>
unavoidably detained about Ten minutes on that account during which time the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50816_n17-3">Bryan Cassidy</rs>
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took the opprtunity of running away he being a Stout man and<lb></lb>
seemingly in good health that the send satchell having nine or ten other<lb></lb>
Vagrants in his Cart to convey on to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50816_geo13">South Mimms</rs>
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he was afraid to pursue<lb></lb>
the said Cassidy least any or all of the other Vagrants should make their escape<lb></lb>
and which was the true cause and manner off assidys Escape And that he<lb></lb>
did not directly or indirectly take any Money or other Consideration for suffering<lb></lb>
the said Cassidy to Escape.</p>
<p n="18">I Girdler<lb></lb>
W: Trleamire</p>
<p n="19">All which the Committee Submit<lb></lb>
Webstor<lb></lb>
N Conans</p>
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