[..]

To all and every theConstables of the
Parish ofand several Constables
and other [..] Officers of the peace for
the City of London & the Liberties thereof whom it may concern
and to thekeeperPorter of Bridewell Hospital London

London to Wit

These are in his Majestys name to Command you
and every of you the said Constables forthwith safely to convey and
Deliver into the Custody of the Porter of Bridewell Hospital the Body of [..]
[..] Lucybeing charged before me one of his Majesty's Justices
of the Peace in and for the said City of London by the oath of
Richard Symes< no role > with being a Rogue and Vagabond
for having after the passing of a Certain Act of Parliament
Intituled "An Act to render more Effectual the Laws now in"
"being for suppressing unlawful Lotteries" (to wit) on the
twelfth day of Marchin the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and Eighty Eight at No 4 on Ludgate Hill
in the parish ofin the said
City-taken and received of and from the said Richard Symes< no role >
the sum of two shillings & five pence of lawful money of Great Britain and
in Consideration thereof then and there promising and Agreeing
to Repay the said Richard Symes< no role > the Sum ofOne Guineaone pound and One Shillings
of like lawful money if a certain Ticket Numbered 20,888
Should be drawn fortunate or unfortunate on the twenty seventh
Day of the drawing of the present English State Lottery Contrary
to the form of the Statute in Such Case made and provided
And therefore I do adjudge the said Cornelius Lucy< no role > to be a Rogue and a Vagabond Which said Cornelius Lucy< no role > you the said Porter
are hereby Required to receive and him in your Custody safely
to Keep until the next Quarter Session of the peace to be
holden at the Guildhall in and for the said City
to be further Dealt with according to Law and
for your so doing this shall be to you and each of you
sufficient Warrant Given under my hand and Seal
this twelfth-day of March One thousand seven hundred and
Eighty Eight .

John Wilkes< no role >