Middlesex Sessions:
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May 1762

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To the worshipfull his majesty's Justices of the peace
of the County of Middlesex in their General [..]
Session of the peace Assembled

The humble Petition of George Holland< no role > &
Jeremiah Thompson< no role >

Sheweth


That James Crook< no role > of the Strand in the sd. County of
Middlesex Hosier being indebted to yor Peticoners Severally for
work and Goods Sold and delivered and yor. Peticoners having at the request
of the said James Crook< no role > given Bail for him in an Action of
Debt he was Arrested upon & the sd. James Crook< no role > being in
insolvent Circumstances on the Sixth of May instant Executed to your Petitioners a Bill of
Sale of all his Effects consisting of Hosiery Goods & Houshold
Furin here Upon Several Trusts mentioned in the said Bill
of Sale user reads to be Produced

That in Pursuance of such Bill of Sale, yor. Petitioners
to prevent Imbezillment, on the 8th. of May instant caused
the Hosiery Goods to be removed to a Place of Safety with
Intent to dispose [..] of the same first to pay Joseph Pearce< no role > the
Land lord of the prences the Rent due to him And then to
answer the other Purposes mentioned in the sd. Bill of Sale,
leaving all the Houshold Furniture upon the prences

That yor. Petrs. to their very great Surprize have
been since charged with fraudulently & clandestinely
removing & conveying away the sd. Goods with intent to
Prevent the sd. Joseph pearce< no role > the Land lord from distreining [..]
the same for the Rent one to him And the said Landlord
& his Tenant conniving together have obtained an Order
of Conviction against your Petrs. from George Garnon< no role > &
William Spinnage< no role > Esqrs. two of his majesty's Justices of
the Peace dated the 12th. of May instant for so fraudulently
& clandestinely removing & conveying away the sd. Goods of the
Value of thirty one pounds And were thereupon adjudged
and Ordered to Pay the sum of Sixty two pounds double the
Value of the said Goods to the said Joseph Pearce< no role > on or
before the Eighteenth day of May instant

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