MIDDLESEX

AT the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our
Lord the King, holden in and for the County of Middlesex , at
the Session-House for the said County, (by adjournment)
on Thursday the twenty third Day of October in the
Twenty eighthYear of the Reign of our Soverign Lord
GEORGE the Third, King of Great Britain Etc, Before William
Mainwaring< no role > William Bleamire< no role > David Walker< no role > Thomas Gordon< 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
Misdemeanours committed in the same County

Whereas the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the Parish of Bewley in
the County of Hants Have at this present Session Exhibited their etition and Appeal
setting forth That by an Order or Pass Warrant under the Hands and Seals of Michael
Downs< no role > Esquire and James Fielding< no role > Esquire two of His Majestys Justices of the peace
acting in and for the City and Liberty of Westminster within the said County of Middlesex
(one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the fourth day of July 1788 Martha< no role > the
Female Bastard Child therein stated to be born on the 26th. day of January in the Year
1779 on the Body of Martha Cave< no role > now Simpson< no role > was removed and conveyed from the
said Parish of Saint James to the said Parish of Bewley in the County of Hants as the
place of the last legal settlement of the said Martha Cave whereby the Petitioners
conceived themselves aggrieved Now upon hearing the said Appeal and what hath
been alledged by the respective Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the Parish of
their Counsel and Witness in and concerning the Premises It is Ordered that the
said Appeal be and the same is hereby dismissed and the said Order or Pass
Warrant of the said two Justices is hereby Confirmed And it is further Ordered that
the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the Parish of Bewley do
maintain and provide for the said Female Bastard Child until they can free
themselves from the Charge thereof by due Course of Law.

By the Court
Selby