Sessions held at Bodmin

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Justices: John Buller, William Pennington, esqs; Henry Hawkins Tremayne, clerk.

Jury: Samuel Symons, Hugh Rowe, Edward Grigg, John Bond, John Cock, Francis Brown, William Cock, Philip Autridge, Nathaniel Lang, Richard Hicks, Nicholas Clemowe, John Martyn, Thomas Mitchell, Thomas Wills, John Symons, Jonathan Rundle, Francis Philp.

Application of Sancreed for 6d. rate for repair of roads: allowed; to be paid to George Pender Scobell, clerk, and Richard Victor.

Presentments of highways of Sancreed and St Kew: to be discharged.

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Grace Harris of Simonward [St Breward]enry RoH, widow; pleaded guilty to misdemeanour; fined 1d.

John Morish of Southill, yeoman; pleaded guilty to assault: fined 6d.

John Couch of St Ives, yeoman; pleaded guilty to assault: fined 6d.

Samuel Webb of Marhamchurch, labourer; convicted of stealing an iron scythe, value 9d., from Isaac Broad: public whipping.

John Roberts of Northill, labourer; convicted of stealing a dowlas shirt and a pair of yarn hose, value 2d., from Henry Couch: 3 months' hard labour, followed by public whipping.

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Accounts of William Price, coroner, and Joseph Hick, bridewell keeper: seen and allowed.

Declaration on oath by William Rowe, master, and John Sanders, mariner, of the ship Truro, that 44 hundred out of 20 tons of white salt, shipped at Bristol on 29 June 1776, to be carried to Truro on behalf of William Moseley of Truro, merchant, and on which duty had been paid, were lost in a storm.

Account of John Mules, gaoler: seen and allowed.

John Collings of Talland, yeoman; pleaded guilty to assault: fined 6d.

QS/1/4/126

Sums directed to be paid, by Act of Parliament of 16 George III, to the Clerk of the Peace, High Constables, overseers of the poor and justices' clerks: approved.

Patrick Smith of Drogheda, Ireland, labourer; pleaded guilty to assault: fined 6d.

John Bolitho, late of St Ives; pleaded guilty to misdemeanour: fined 6d.

Lewis Truscott, late of St Stephen in Brannell, yeoman; acquitted of assault against Nicholas Clemoe.

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Clerk of the Peace to advertise that future sessions will be held on Thursdays, commencing at 9 a.m.

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One bridge rate to be levied and paid to John Truscott, gent., Surveyor (west), and one gaol and marshalsea rate to be paid to Samuel Hext, gent., Vice-Treasurer.

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Hugh Cursey of Liskeard, labourer; convicted of stealing a prayer book, value 6d., from John Crabb: public whipping.

Christopher Michell and William Leston; both committed for bastardy: to be discharged.

Henry Williams of Mawgan in Pydar, tailor; acquitted of stealing 40 sheaves of wheat from William Dungey.

William Jago; committed for running away from his master: to be discharged.

Presentment of highways of Constantine and Launcells: held over.

Mary Richards: discharged, following bill of ignoramus in felony.

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Sampson Thomas; committed for want of sureties in bastardy: to remain in custody.

John Williams; committed for bastardy: to be discharged, the child's mother not having appeared in court.

Recognizances to appear at next sessions:

Samuel Hicks of St Agnes, tinner

James Kent of St Agnes, tinner, and William Richard of Lostwithiel, labourer, sureties.

William Hoskin; committed for bastardy: to remain in custody.

Accounts of Thomas Roberts, late bridewell keeper: seen and allowed.

Recognizance of Richard Richards, estreated at last Michaelmas sessions, and those of Matthew Pascoe and Mathew Esterbrook, estreated at last Easter sessions: to be discharged.