Sessions held at Bodmin

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Justices: Sir John Molesworth, Robert Hoblyn, John Fortescue, John Thomas, John Williams.

Jury: William Martyn, Thomas Prater, William Wymond, John Doidge, William Hoskyn, George Issaack, William White, Samuel Warne, Thomas Merryfield, Nicholas Reynolds, William Trevithick, John Pasco, Nicholas Cope, John Treffry, James Hawkey, John Tubb, Thomas Clarke, Joseph Cossentine, William Brendon, Richard Stribley.

William Thomas, Luke Thomas, Joshua Thomas, all of Roche; confessed to assault and battery: fined 6d. each.

Recognizances to appear at next sessions:

John Tresaher of Camborne, gent.

Andrew Paull of Camborne, yeoman, and

James Jenkin of Crowan, sureties

Robert Liddon of Kea, yeoman

Francis Woolcock of Tregony, labourer, surety

Mary Liddon wife of Robert Lidden

Robert Liddon of Kea, yeoman, and Francis Woolcock of Tregony, labourer, sureties

Richard Musgrove, sen., his wife Mary, and Richard Musgrave, jun.; confessed to assault and battery: fined 6d. each.

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Elizabeth Ladner, or Ladnan, of Falmouth; tried for stealing goods of Thomas Schaddon: acquitted.

John Hawken and Abraham Dyer; confessed to assault and battery: fined 6d. each.

James Sleeman, William Kendall, Mathew Champion, William Heathman, William Powell, George Aunger, Richard Eustice, Thomas Sleeman, John Philips; confessed to assault and battery: fined 6d. each.

Roger Trounce of Wendron; confessed to assault and battery: fined 6d.

Application by James Thomson of Padstow, merchant, aged over 30, being married, a house keeper and having lived in this county for 3 years, for a licence to operate as a badger lader, kidder carrier, buyer or transporter of corn or grain: granted for one year; sureties James Thomson, John Polkinghorne of Bodmin, merchant, and John Lewis of Bodmin, inn-keeper.

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Appeal of Lanlivery against order of 8 July for removal of Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Edward, and William (2 weeks), their son, from Duloe to Lanlivery: order reversed.

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Appeal of Whitstone against order of 27 August for removal of Stephen Pethick, wife Mary, Elizabeth (10), Mary (7), their daughters, from Lewannick to Whitstone: order reversed; Lewannick to pay £1 6s. 8d. costs and 13s. 4d. maintenance.

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Nicholas Burley of Kea, Edward Williams and wife Jane, all of Feock; tried for assault and battery: acquitted.

George Browsey and William Wood, both of Duloe: committed to bridewell until next sessions, or until surety found, to answer indictment by Amos Mallett of Duloe.

Vice-treasurer to pay bridewell-keeper his bill.

One gaol and marshalsea rate to be raised.

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Application by Caleb Cotton of Fowey, merchant, being married, a house-keeper, over 30 years of age and having lived in this county for at least 3 years, for a licence to operate as a badger lader, kidder carrier or buyer or transporter of corn or grain: granted for one year; sureties of Caleb Cotton, Thomas Jones of St Austell, gent., and Thomas Chark of St Austell.

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William Rickard of Symonsward [St Breward]; confessed to trespass: fined 6d.

Nicholas Mitchell of Gwennap; confessed to a misdemeanour: fined 1d.

Robert Jenkin of Kea; confessed to a misdemeanour: fined 6d.

Recognizances to appear at next sessions:

James Wood of Duloe

Thomas Scaddin of Duloe, surety

William Wood of Duloe

Thomas Scaddin of Duloe, and

Thomas Stephens of St Austell, sureties

George Browsey of Duloe

Thomas Scaddin of Duloe, surety

William Callicott: to be discharged from bridewell.

Margaret, wife of Thomas Phillipps of Maker; petty larceny, stealing goods of Thomas Strick, value 6d.: to be transported to plantations of America for 7 years.