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<p n="1049">Give some Account of his proceeding And therefore by their<lb></lb>
order A Letter was wrote to him by the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ1505">Clerk of the peace</rs>
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dated 16th of November last a Coppy of which is annexed<lb></lb>
marked (4) giving him Notice of the Said Complaint<lb></lb>
against him for discharging the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1049-1">Robert Jennison</rs>
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who was Committed to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1069">Newprison</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1070">Clerkenwell</rs>
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for<lb></lb>
Obstructing and threatening <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1049-2">James Sharpless</rs>
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Gent<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ1506">High Constable</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1071">Holborn Division</rs>
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in the Execution<lb></lb>
of his Office being upon a Search for Discovery of Street<lb></lb>
Robbers and other Malefactors, and desireing he would<lb></lb>
be present at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1072">Hicks Hall</rs>
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on the Saturday then next at<lb></lb>
Ten in the forenoon and Give them an account concerning<lb></lb>
the Said Matter and of what Bail he had taken for the<lb></lb>
Appearence of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1049-3">Robert Jennison</rs>
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at the next<lb></lb>
Session of the peace for Middx which Letter has been<lb></lb>
proved to the Committee to have been delivered To the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1049-4">Francis Jennison</rs>
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on Tuesday the 19th of the said<lb></lb>
November accordingly and at a meeting of the<lb></lb>
Committee on Saturday the 23d of the same Month the<lb></lb>
Clerk of the peace produced a Letter from the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1049-5">Francis<lb></lb>
Jennison</rs>
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to him dated the same Saturday morning<lb></lb>
(hereunto annexed and marked) (5) pretending that he<lb></lb>
had not received the Clerk of the peaces Letter till the day<lb></lb>
before (i: e:) Friday the 22d. and urging affairs of the Last<lb></lb>
Consequence in Excuse of his not appearing at the said<lb></lb>
Committee and desireing him to acquaint the Comittee<lb></lb>
that he had taken £100 Bail for Mr. Jennisons <lb></lb>
Appearance at the Sessions and that he did not<lb></lb>
apprehend he had done any thing Contrary to Law.<lb></lb>
Upon which Letter the Committee Submitt the following<lb></lb>
Short Observations.</p>
<p n="1050"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">(1)</note>
That the Excuses for his non appearance are upon the<lb></lb>
fore of them frivolous and trifling,</p>
<p n="1051"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">(2)</note>
That he does not so much as pretend to Say he Took any<lb></lb>
Security whatsoever for the appearance of Robert<lb></lb>
Jennison at the time he wrote the abovementioned<lb></lb>
Irregular Discharge of him out of Custody and it was<lb></lb>
Certainly taken Long after if any has been taken at all.</p>
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