Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Bristol)

The trials of Samuel Goodere, Esq., Matthew Mahony, and Charles White

City of Bristol, and county of the same city. At the general quarter sessions of the peace of our sovereign lord the King, held by adjournment in and for the said city and county, in the Guildhall of the same city, on Monday ... the fourteenth day of February, ... 1725, ... Whereas the trade and navagation [sic] of the said city of Bristol is very much increased, and the harbour in the River Froom, ... is greatly streightned [sic], ... and often damaged; ..

Civitas Bristol et com' ejusd' civ' ad general' Quarterial' Session' Pacis domini Regis tent' per adjorn' in & pro com' civit' Bristol in Guildhal' de ejusdem civit' die lunæ (scilt') decimo quarto die Februarii, anno regni dom' Georgii, ... duodecimo annoq; dom' 1725. cora' Roberto Earle, major, ... Christophero Shuter, ar' Nicholao Hickes, ar' Jacobi Donning, ar' & Josepho Jefferis, ar' Aldris ejusd' civit' justiciar' dict' dom' Regis ad pacem, sua' infra com' civit' prædict' conservand' necno