St Clement Danes Parish:
Minutes of Parish Vestries
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17th September 1767 - 18th October 1776

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Vizt. For each Burglar or Street Robber Five Guineas
and the said sum of Five Guineas for each
Person (resident within this Parish) being
convicted of buying or receiving stolen Goods
knowing them to be such
For each Shoplifter Two Guineas
For each Pickpocket One Guinea
On Conviction of any Person or Persons harbouring
Rogues keeping gaming or other disorderly
Houses within this Parish the sum of Two
Guineas

Carried the Affirmative Nem: Con:

Resolved and Agreed That the Churchwardens
do pay the several rewards abovementioned upon
Conviction of the Offenders pursuant to the above
motion, and that the same be allowed the Churchwarden
in their Accounts

Resolved Also That an Advertisement of the
same be inserted in the Public Advertiser and
the Gazetteer and that the Churchwardens do cause
a Thousand of said Advertisements by way of hand Bills to
be distributed and stuck up in the most public places
in this Parish

Resolved and Agreed Likewise
That these Orders and Resolutions do remain in
full force to the 25th. of March next




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