Sessions held at Lostwithiel

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Justices: John Derbyshire Birkhead, Nicholas Kemp, John, Moyle, John Tremayne. esqs.

Jury: John Row, Hugh Littleton, John Gray, John Avery, Edward Greenwood, Nicholas Pearce, Thomas May, Richard Mabley, John Burrell, John Edgecombe, William Prideaux, John Blake, Thomas Parson, James Jope, William Reed.

Roger Vian of St. Pinnock, trespass and misdemeanour, confessed: fined 6d.

John Pitt of Liskeard, trespass and misdemeanour, confessed: fined 6d.

Charles Wakeam of Liskeard, trespass and misdemeanour, confessed: fined 6d.

Mevagissey; fined £10 for not repairing highway.

Bridge rate £120 for County to be raised and paid to surveyors (east and west).

Recognizance to appear at next sessions: Henry Flamank of St. Enoder, yeo., William Andrew of Mitchell, gent., surety.

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Appeal of William Newton, vicar, against Sithney poor rates: 2s. to be deducted from his assessment of 6s.

William Cornish of Lanreath, trespass and misdemeanour, confessed: fined 6d.

Richard Lower, gent., and George Andrew, trespass and misdemeanour: acquitted.

Recognizance to appear at next sessions: Benjamin Vivian of Cornelly, yeo., John Brabant of Cornelly, yeo., surety.

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[See QS/1/1/134] St. Cleer discharged (upon payment of fees) as highway had been repaired.

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Jane Combe and Mary Nicholls, trespass and misdemeanour, confessed: each fined 6d.

Thomas Hawse and Richard Cock, attorneys, accused of keeping back a detention order in respect of John Bolitho from the bridewell keeper to whose custody he had been committed: to appear at next sessions.

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Paul: fined £10 for not repairing highway from Newlyn Bridge to Trove water.

Elizabeth, wife of William Parsons of Trevalga, husbandman, petty larceny of goods of Richard Lander: public whipping at Camelford.

George Rogers of St. Eval, lab. and Joan Vivian of St., Austell, spr. petty larceny: private whipping.

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Mary Eastcott of Dunster, Somerset, widow and Elizabeth wife of William Mean of St. Merryn, lab., petty larceny: public whipping.

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John Courtis of St. Veep, lab. and William Alford of Lanteglos-by-Fowey, lab., petty larceny of goods of John Beyne and of John Elliot, merchant: to be transported for seven years to America.

Henry Thomas of St. Merryn, lab., John Williams of St., Austell, tinner and Thomas [Dun'al] of Germoe, tinner: acquitted of petty larceny

Recognizance to appear at next sessions: Philip Harding of St. Breock, lab., (and bound over to be of good behaviour)

Alexander Hambly, surveyor (west) to arrange the repair of St. Austell bridge "with all convenient speed".

Vice-treasurer to pay Abraham Collings of Lostwithiel, joiner, £1.8s. for two large new boxes for the statute books.

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Vice-treasurer to pay George Lemincott, keeper of Launceston gaol, his account.

Vice-treasurer to pay Thomas Eyre, bridewell keeper, his account.