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In the account for the half-year ended at Lady-day, 1880, of the
Guardians or Governors of the Poor of the Parish of St. James,
Clerkenwell, I disallowed the sum of £18 3s. 2d, being a portion of
certian Bills of costs amounting to the sum of £690 6s. 5d., paid to
Mr. Sampson, a Solicitor, with respect to certain proceedings taken
against divers persons for keeping disorderly houses.
I made such disallowances for the following reasons:—
(1). As to £5 13s. 4d, a portion of the said sum of £18 3s. 2d.,
because the same was in respect of charge for attendances, &c. &c.,
upon the Special Committee of the Vestry of Clerkenwell, which
attendances were unnecessary and improper, and any charges for
such attendances were not properly payable out of the Poor Rates
of the said Parish.
(2). As to £12 9s. 10d. the remaining portion of the said sum of
£18 3s. 2d., because the said charges were improper and were not
legally chargeable upon the Poor Rates as the requirements of the
Statutes, 25 Geo. II, Cap. 36 & 58, Geo. III. Cap. 70, in that case
made and provided had not been complied with, more particularly
as two inhabitants of the said Parish had not given notice in
writing of any person keeping a bawdy house, and such
inhabitants had not made oath before a Justice of the Peace that
the contents of such notice were true, and had not entered into a
recognizance to give or produce material evidence against such
persons for such offence, and neither a constable nor overseer had
entered into a recognizance to prosecute with effect such persons for
such offence as well as other provisions of the statutes, and such
bills amounting to the sum of £12 9s. 10d. were not for charges in
respect of matters contemplated by such statutes, but were in respect
of charges for watching certain suspected houses in respect of which
no inhabitant had made complaint in manner provided by law.
Dated this 7th day of September, 1880.
II. LLOYD ROBERTS,
District Auditor.
And I surcharged the said sum of £18 3s. 2d. upon Edwaid
Culver, Joseph Aldridge and William James Harrison, three of the
said Guardians or Governors because they authorized the making of
the illegal payment.
Dated this 7th day of September, 1880.
H. LLOYD ROBERTS,
District Auditor.