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19th October 1776 - 6th December 1780

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Middlesex Commitments

1 James Grant< no role > ,
George Bartington< no role > ,
otherwise Roberts< no role > ,
Philip Eyers< no role > , other-
wise William Jones< no role > ,}
Committed by S, Wright and W, Addington,
Esqrs . on oath of John Miller< no role > , Gent. Lydia
Gibson
< no role > , and others, for feloniously and burg-
lariously breaking and entering the dwelling-
house of the said John Miller< no role > in the night-time,
in the county of Essex , and feloniously taking and carrying away a
quantity of silver plate, two watches, Etc. and about 12l. in money.
Dated May 17, 1780.


2 William Ellis< no role > ,
William Garland< no role > ,
committed by S. Wright and W, Addington, Esqr
on oath of John Miller< no role > , Gent . Lydia Gibson< no role > , and
others, for feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the
dwelling-house of the said John Miller< no role > in the night-time, in the county
of Essex , and feloniously taking and carrying away a quantity of silver
plate, 2 watches, Etc. and about 12l, in money. Dated May 17, 1780.

3 John Bailey< no role > , committed by David Wilmot< no role > , Esq ; on oath of Wiliam
Bull and another, on suspicion of stealing, in the city of London ,
13 silk handkerchiefs. Dated May 23, 1780.


4 Marharet Coleman,
Frances Reaves< no role > ,
committed by J. Sherwood, Esq ; on Oath of Tho-
mas Lambert< no role > , for stealing from his person two
guineas, two half guineas, two half crowns, Etc. Dated May 27, 1780.

5 Isabella Sinclair< no role > , committed by J. Sherwood< no role > , Esql on oath of William
Willis, for stealing one mahogany tea-table, Dated June 5, 1780.


6 Michael Bryant< no role > ,
Thomas Inwood< no role > ,
Joseph Lind< no role > ,
John Twycross< no role > ,
Committed by S. Wright and W. Addington, Esqrs.
on oath of Thomas Hill< no role > , John Clark< no role > , and others,
for unlawfully, riotously, tumultuously, and feloni-
ously assembling together, to the disturbance of the
public peace , and with force beiginning to demolish and pull down a
certain dwelling-house belonging to his Excellency the Marquis Victor
Amidi De Cordon, the Sardinian ambaffador , in the parish of St. Glies
in the Fields, in the county of Middlesex , and felonioulsy setting fire to
the said dwelling-house. Dated June 5, 1780.

7 John Bund< no role > , committed by S. Wright and W. Addington, Esqrs . on
oath of William Hyde< no role > , Esq ; John George< no role > Galot, and others, for un-
lawfully, riotously, tumultuously, and feloniously assembling with di-
verfe other persons, to the disturbance of the public peace, and with
force beginning to demolish and pull down a certain dwelling-house in
Warwick-street , in the parish of St. James , Wesrmister, belonging to
his Excellency Count de Haslang , the Bavarian ambassador. Dated
June 5, 1780.

The above prisoners were, on the 6th day of June, 1780 forcibly and violeatly de-
livered out of and from the gaol of Newgate by a most tumultnous and riotous
concorse of persons, who at the same time set fire to, and intirely destroyed all the
inner part of the said gaol.

8 John Nixon< no role > , in Clerkenwell-bridewell , committed by W. Blackborrow,
Esq; on oath of Francis Ensor< no role > , for being concerned with John Ingram< no role >




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