May 1790
Ordered by the Court at the said Sessions to be Transported beyond the
Seas and which said Offenders were thereupon confined in the Gaol of
Newgate under his Custody and were afterwards removed from the said
Gaol and conveyed by him on board the several Vessels therein mentioned
in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament and the other Account
containing the Names of the Offenders who have been Convicted at the
several Sessions for the said County and ordered by the Court at the
said Sessions to be Transported beyond the Seas and which said Offenders
were thereupon confined in the said Gaol of Newgate under his Custody and
were afterwards removed from the said Gaol by an Order in Writing
notified by one of His Majestys Principal Secretaries of State and conveyed
by Mr Akerman to the place of Confinement mentioned in such Order and
delivered by him to Duncan Cambell< no role >
the Overseer appointed by His Majesty
in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament.
Mr. Akerman claims a Fee of 14s..10d upon every
Person contained in the said two Accounts together with the Charges
incurred in the removal and conveyance of the said Offenders by the order
of the said Justices which Fees and Expences amount together to a very
considerable Sum of Money.
By the Statute of the 28th. Geo: 3d. Sec: 3d. It is Enacted
That the said Act made and passed in the 19th. Year of his present
Majestys Reign and also so much of the said Act made and passed in
the 24th. Year of the Reign of his present Majesty as extends to authorise
the removal of Offenders to temporary places of confinement shall continue
to be in force until the 1st. of June 1793 and from thence to the end
of the next Session.
Qu: 1st. Whether under the Circumstances of this Case you
think Mr. Akerman is intitled to the said Fee of 14s..10d.
so charged by him as abovementioned and from whom
or whether you think it a Demand due from the
Contractor for work and labour done, as it was always
paid by him to the Keeper of Newgate
till within this
few Years and since that by Government and once or
twice by the County?