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September 1799

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MIDDLESEX .


AT the GeneralSession of the Peace
of our Lord the King, holden in and for the
County of Middlesex , at the Session-House for the said
County, () on Monday
the Ninth Day of September
in the thirty Ninth Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great
Britain, Etc. Before William Mainwaring< no role > , Hugh
Dive
< no role > , John, Warner< no role > William Knox< 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 com-
mitted in the Same County.

Whereas the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint James
at Clerkenwell in the said County 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 John Devaynes< no role > and John Collick< no role > Esquires
two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County (one whereof
being of the Quorum) bearing date the 22d. day of June 1799 Elizabeth Collins< no role >
was removed and conveyed from and out of the parish of Saint Martin in the
fields within the Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex to the Parish of
St James at Clerkenwell in the said County as the place of her last legal settlement
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 said Parishes, their Counsel and Witnesses in
and concerning the Premises, IT IS ORDERED, that the said Appeal be, and the same is
hereby allowed, and the said Order of the said two Justices is hereby vacated and set aside;
and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the said Parish of Saint James at Clerkenwell do forthwith convey and
deliver back the said Elizabeth Collins< no role >
(together with a Copy of this Order) unto the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the said Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields who are hereby required to
receive and provide for the said Elizabeth Collins< no role >
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due Course of Law.

By the COURT,




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