Reference
QSR1827/125
Title
Order re removal of luggage belonging to paupers being removed to Ireland and Scotland.
Date free text
16 October 1827
Production date
From: 1827 To: 1827
Scope and Content
'It having been represented at this sessions that some paupers ordered to be removed through this county to Ireland and Scotland bring with them heavy luggage that one of them lately brought luggage to the extent of 150 pounds weight, and that several have Dresses entirely inconsistent with their assumed character of paupers. Ordered that Jonathan Munn the contractor for removing Irish and Scotch paupers through this county be authorised to refuse to convey any luggage unless the pauper or paupers claiming the same do go before a Justice of the Peace of this county and explain to the satisfaction of such justice the nature of such luggage and a reasonable cause for its being conveyed with such pauper or paupers...'
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item
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