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To the Worshipful his Majesty's
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in their General Quarter Session of the Peace Assembled
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The Petition and Appeal of the Several Inhabitants Owners
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and Occupiers of Lands Tenements and Hereditaments within the
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in the said County who were assessed to and have paid the poors Rate of the
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said parish for the year ending at or about Easter now last past whose names are
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hereunto subscribed on behalf of themselves and other Inhabitants of the said parish
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John Andrews
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Joseph Druce
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and Inhabitants of the
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said parish who served the Office of
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of the said parish for the year ending at or
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about Easter last did during the Continuance of their said Office by Virtue of two several rates made for
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the relief and Maintenance of the poor of the said parish and otherwise by Virtue of their said Office
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collect and receive divers large sums of Money for and towards the necessary relief and support of the
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poor of the said parish for which sums so collected and received they have delivered their Accounts
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That in discharge of the monies so by them Collected and received they have charged
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and taken credit for in their said Accounts very large sums of Money which are stated and
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expressed therein to have been paid by them for various purposes that your petitioners conceive
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have no relation to the relief or support of the Poor nor can be legally chargeable on or paid out of the Monies
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collected by Virtue of the Poors rate To Wit the said
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John Andrews
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has charged and taken Credit as
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aforesaid for the sum of Fifty nine pounds four shillings and two pence purporting to be the Amount of the Bill
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of Messrs Acton and Winter Attornies at Law for fees and other charges incurring in opposing a Bill that was brought
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into parliament for shutting up a Road called love lane between
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Kew Gardens
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in the County
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of Surry the Object whereof had no relation what ever to any of the purposes to which the said Ratcought by Law to be
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made collected or applied and has likewise Charged and taken credit as aforesaid for the sum of Twelve Pounds nine
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Shillings and three pence as paid by him the said
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John Andrews
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to the Constables and Headborough of the said parish
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without producing any legal order or Authority for the payment thereof as your petitioners apprehend and has likewise
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Charged and taken Credit as aforesaid for the sum of Three Pounds seventeen shillings and six pence stated in the Account
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of him the said
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John Andrews
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to be "Expences of the Jury on the Body of a new born Infant"And the said
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Joseph
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Druce
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has charged and taken credit as aforesaid for the sum of Seven pounds two shillings and eight pence as paid
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by him to the said Constables and Head borough without producing any legal Order or Authority for the payment
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thereof as your Petitioners apprehend all which said Charges your Petitioners conceive to be illegal.
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That the said
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John Andrews
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Joseph Druce
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have likewise charged and take credit in their said
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accounts for several other sums of Money, that is to say the said
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Joseph Druce
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the sum of two Pounds charged as paid by
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him on the 30th. of July 1788 "at the making a Poors Rate" and the further sum of One Pound one shilling charged
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as paid by him the 18th. of February 1789 "Upon making the second Poors Rate" and the said
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John Andrews
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the
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sum of One pound one shilling charged as paid by him on the last mentioned Day and likewise stated to be "Upon
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"making the second poors. Rate" the whole of the said three last mentioned sums amounting together to the sum of
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Four pounds two Shillings and as the Vestry Clerk of the said Parish has an annual Salary for executing the duties
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of his Office a part whereof is the Copying and Figuring the said Rate your Petitioners apprehend the said several
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Charges last mentioned are for Tavern Expences only and therefore improper and illegal
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That the said
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John Andrews
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has also charged and taken credit as aforesaid for the sum of £11..14..6 as expences
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in attending the Sessions of this County on the Trial of an Appeal which said Sum does not as your Petitioners apprehend include any part
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of the Bill of the
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who managed such Appeal nor any Fees paid to Counsel but appears to be only for travelling and tavern expences
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And has likewise charged and taken credit as aforesaid for the sum of £8..3..6 as the expences incurred in apprehending
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one
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Stephen Stockbridge
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upon a charge of Bastardy and procuring him to be Married and the sum of 10s/ as paid to one
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Joseph Andrews
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for attending at the
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Westminster
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Election
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That the said
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John Andrews
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and
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Joseph Druce
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might have verified their Accounts before a Justice or
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Justices of the Peace
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in their own neighbourhood without any expence whatever notwithstanding which they went for
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he purpose of verifying the same from the said Parish to the Publick Office in
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Bow Street
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Covent Garden
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and each of them have charged and
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taken credit in their said Accounts for fourteen Shillings amounting in the whole to the sum of one Pound and eight
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Shillings as and for their expences on that occasion charges which under the abovementioned circumstances
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