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<p n="166">therein Named or any three of us to meet at the Vestry Room belonging<lb></lb>
to the Parish Church of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65392_geo52">St. Pauls Covent Garden</rs>
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in this Liberty on<lb></lb>
Tuesday the 14th. day of July then next at 10 a Clock in the forenoon<lb></lb>
and at such other times and places as the sd. Referrers or any 3 of them<lb></lb>
Should think fit to Appoint & to Examine into the truth of the Alligations<lb></lb>
Contained in the sd. Petition And that the sd. Petionrs. and also the<lb></lb>
Constables of the parish of St. Pauls Covent Garden in the Sd. Liberty<lb></lb>
have Notice Given them by the High Constable or Cryer of this Court or<lb></lb>
his Deputy to Attend the sd. Referrers at the time and place aforesaid<lb></lb>
and their Other meetings on this Occasion And the sd. Referrers or<lb></lb>
any 3 of them were thereby desired to take the Examinations of the<lb></lb>
Petitionrs: and Such other persons as they should think fitt touching if:<lb></lb>
prmisses & to Grant Warrts. for the Apprehending prosecuting and<lb></lb>
Punishing of such persons as Should be found to be Offending in the<lb></lb>
prmisses & ought to be punished as Idle and Disorderly Persons as also such<lb></lb>
as keep Ill Governed & Disorderly Houses contrary to Law And the sd.<lb></lb>
Referrers or any 3 of them were desired to Report their proceedings in<lb></lb>
the prmisses And their Opinions there upon to the Court at the Next<lb></lb>
or any other General Quarter Sessions of the peace to be held for this<lb></lb>
Liberty That Such further proceeding might be had and taken<lb></lb>
therein as Should or agreeable to Law.</p>
<p n="167">That by Severall Orders of Sessions the matters of their<lb></lb>
Inquiry have been Extended to the parishes of St. Margts. Westmr. St. any<lb></lb>
Westmr. St. John the Evangelist St. James Westmr. and St. Georges in<lb></lb>
Hannover Square.</p>
<p n="168">That Some of us and other Justices of the peace named<lb></lb>
as Referrers in the sd. orders of Sessions met for the first time at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65392_geo53">Covent Garden</rs>
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Vestry on Tuesday the 14th. Day of July last & Chose<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65392_n168-1">Thomas Railton</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65392_occ57">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65392_occ58">Chairman</rs>
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of this Comittee and Examined<lb></lb>
into the allegations of the sd. Petition & found the Same to be true<lb></lb>
And looke a Great number of Examinations upon Oath of the<lb></lb>
Petitioners & other persons Agst. these that kept Disorderly House<lb></lb>
and Immediately Issued out our Warrants Against them Some of<lb></lb>
whome have been committed to Prison for want of Surities and others<lb></lb>
Bound Over to the Sessions.</p>
<p n="169">That Complaints Still Continueing to be made of<lb></lb>
the Neighbours of such Disorderly practices this Committee has repeated<lb></lb>
their meetings at severall Vestry's in all 42 times.</p>
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