Middx
At the GeneralSession of the Peace of our
Lord the King holden for the County of Middlesex
at Hicks
Hall in Saint John Street
in the said County (by Adjournment)
on Thursday the Twenty first day of Februaryin the Eleventh
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third
King of Great Britain Etc: Before
John Hawkins< no role >
Benjamin
Cowley< no role >
.
Thomas Niccoll< no role >
David Wilmot< no role >
Esquires
and others their Fellows Justices of our said Lord
the King Assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid
and also to hear and Determine divers Felonies Trespasses and
other Misdemeanors committed in the same County
Whereas the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint James
within the Liberty of Westminster
in the said County of Middlesex
Have at this
present Session Exhibited their Petition and Appeal Setting forth That by Virtue of a
Pass Warrant or order under the hands and seals of Sir James Esdaile< no role >
Knight and
Cadwallader Coker< no role >
Esquire two of His Majestys Justices of the Peace
for the County
of Middlesex
(one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the 26th. day of
January 1771 Lucy Sibary< no role >
wife of Thomas Sibary< no role >
was removed from the Parish
of Saint Luke
in the County of Middlesex
to the said Parish of Saint James
within the Liberty of Westminster
as the place of her last legal settlement
Whereby the Petitioners conceived themselves to be Aggrieved Now upon hearing
of the said Appeal and what hath been Alledged on either side by the respective
Churchwardens and Overseers their Council and Witnesses in and concerning
the Premisses It is Ordered that the said Order of the said two Justices be and
the same is hereby confirmed And that theChurchwardens and Overseers
of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint James within the Liberty of Westminster
Do maintain and provide for the said Poor woman until they can Free themselves
from the charge thereof by due course of law.
Entd.