May 1782

Middlesex

At the General Session of the Peace of our Lord the Hing holden in
and for the County of Middlesex at Hicks Hall in Saint John Street (by
adjournment on Thursday the 16th day of May on the Twenty second Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third King of Great Britain Etc.

It being Represented to this Court that Debtors still continue to be
confined by the Sheriff of this County in the House of Correction at Clerkenwell
and therefore there is no room or opportunity for employing the Prisoners therein
in hard labour It is Ordered that the Order of Court made at the Session of
the Peace holden for this County in the Month of January last in respect to
the allowance of One penny halfpenny to each Prisoner in the House of
Correction during the time only he or she performs hard labour and which
order was suspended at the last Session be and the same is hereby further
suspended untill the County day of the next Session of the peace to be
holden for the said County.

By adjournment same day

Sampson Wright< no role > Esqr . one of his Majestys Justices of the
Peace for the County of Middlesex having represented to this Court
that the Committee appointed the last Session to consider the Laws
respecting Gaming and Gaming Houses to point out their defects
and what should appear an adequate and speedy remedy had
since their appointment frequently met and considered the Subject
but were not prepared with a written Report That the said
Committee were of Opinion that the Laws now in being are insufficient
to prevent the pernicious practice of Gaming and that it may be a
means to put a stop to such mischievous practices of Justices
of the peace were authorized in a summary way to punish
Persons keeping Houses and other places for Gaming and such
as frequent the same and having prepared a Bill for the more
effectually preventing the pernicious practice of Gaming the
said Committee had waited on the Members for this County and
had desired those Members to procure a parliamentary
interference therein and that the Members had recommended