Sr.

You was present on the County day of the last sessions at
Hicks hall (pursuant to my Letter to you in that behalf written by
direction of his Majesty's Justices of the peace) and was desired
to give an account of your reason for bailing Robert smith< no role > &
Mathew Broom< no role > out of New Prison who were committed thithes [..] on
the twelfth day of July last by Luke Robinson< no role > Esquire on Oath,
of Robert Fry< no role > for going about as Gatherers of Almes under a
false pretence of loss by the death of Cattle and who appeared
to be loose idle disorderly persons and refused to be examined
according to the statute in that case made, The Court on the said
last County day did not come to a determination concerning the said
matter, but adjourned the same to the County day of the next
General sessions at Hicks hall, to wit, Thursday the eighth day of
December instantnextat two of the clock in the afternoon, and in your
presence directed that you should in the mean time find out the said
Offenders Robert Smith< no role > & Mathew Broom< no role > and the persons who where
their suretys, and the places of their abode, and to give an account
there of to the Court on the said next County day, Therefore I write
this letter to put you in mind of the said matter, to the intent that
you may be then [..] present at Hicks hall concerning the same, I am

December 1st. 1748

Sr.
yor. most humble servt.
Jn: Waller< no role > Clerk of the peace of
middx