JB/109/222/001

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1822. March 14.
Traveller, March 13. 1822.

A meeting of the Inhabitants Vestrymen of
the Parish of St John, Horselydown is to be held to-morrow, to
consider of a Petition to the House of Commons for leave to
bring in a bill to lower the fees of the Court of Regent for the Borough
of Southwark.— It appears that nearly 800 persons
were in a prison by commitments from that Court
last year & that not a few of that number may be considered
as imprisoned, chiefly thro' the excessive fees. We have seen
the following statement:—

Persons committed to Prison. Whole amount of Debts. Amount of Fees thereon.
In the year 1819 ... 98 38 3 4 51 15 8
1820 ... 99 36 9 8 45 15 3
1821 ... 107 46 4 7 55 15 0
Total ...... 304 120 17 7 153 5 11

According to which statement it appears that the average
amount of each persons debt is between 7 & 8 shillings
Some expense is, of course necessary in the execution of justice,
especially for summoning witnesses; but the fees are
higher in the Southwark, then in any other Court of Regent.
With such facts before them we doubt not that every inhabitant-vestryman
will attend the Meeting & do his
duty.

Identifier: | JB/109/222/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 109.
Date_1	1822-03-14	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	109	Main Headings
Folio number	222	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	Traveller, March 13 1822
Category	Collectanea	Number of Pages	1
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