Give some Account of his proceeding And therefore by their
order A Letter was wrote to him by the Clerk of the peace [..]
dated 16th of November last a Coppy of which is annexed
marked (4) giving him Notice of the Said Complaint
against him for discharging the said Robert Jennison< no role >
who was Committed to Newprison at Clerkenwell for
Obstructing and threatening James Sharpless< no role > Gent
High Constable of Holborn Division in the Execution
of his Office being upon a Search for Discovery of Street
Robbers and other Malefactors, and desireing he would
be present at Hicks Hall on the Saturday then next at
Ten in the forenoon and Give them an account concerning
the Said Matter and of what Bail he had taken for the
Appearence of the said Robert Jennison< no role > at the next
Session of the peace for Middx which Letter has been
proved to the Committee to have been delivered To the
said Francis Jennison< no role > on Tuesday the 19th of the said
November accordingly and at a meeting of the
Committee on Saturday the 23d of the same Month the
Clerk of the peace produced a Letter from the said Francis
Jennison< no role > to him dated the same Saturday morning
(hereunto annexed and marked) (5) pretending that he
had not received the Clerk of the peaces Letter till the day
before (i: e:) Friday the 22d. and urging affairs of the Last
Consequence in Excuse of his not appearing at the said
Committee and desireing him to acquaint the Comittee
that he had taken £100 Bail for Mr. Jennisons
Appearance at the Sessions and that he did not
apprehend he had done any thing Contrary to Law.
Upon which Letter the Committee Submitt the following
Short Observations.

(1)

That the Excuses for his non appearance are upon the
fore of them frivolous and trifling,

(2)

That he does not so much as pretend to Say he Took any
Security whatsoever for the appearance of Robert
Jennison at the time he wrote the abovementioned
Irregular Discharge of him out of Custody and it was
Certainly taken Long after if any has been taken at all.