This is the end of the News Article from Pues Occurence Tuesday 27 June 1757, which follows the lengthy list of names.
Transcribed by Jane (Thanks again Jane) And Whereas it hath hitherto been found difficult to punish Lappers and their Securities, where Frauds have been committed, and that such Frauds have increased of late Years to the Discredit and great Prejudice of the Linen Manufacture in this Kingdom, and there being an Act of Parliament passed last Session, entitled an Act to prevent Frauds in Lappers and Others, and to prevent Abuses in manufacturing of Kelp, and to prevent unlawful Combinations in Weavers and Others, it is Enacted: That if any Merchant or Dealer in Linens shall sustain any Loss or Damage by Means of any Fraud in the Lapping of Linen, and by Damages concealed in the Lapping hereof or by short Measure concealed in Length or Breadth, such Merchant or Dealer may sue either the Lapper of such Linen, or the Security or Securities which such Lapper gave on taking out his Seals , or either of them, and may recover from such Lapper or his Securities, double the Loss or Damage which he shall so sustain; the same to be recovered, if under Twenty Pounds, by Civil Bill at the Assizes in the County where such Lapper or his Security resides, and if the Sum exceeds Twenty Pounds, the same shall be recovered in any of his Majesty's Courts of Record in Dublin. Provided, that if the Trustees of the Linen Manufacture shall have fined such Lappers for offending; and recovered the Fine or Penalty imposed by Virtue of the Law now in being for that Purpose before such Suit commenced; that in such Case such Lapper or his Security shall not be sued for such Damage as aforesaid. And that the Certificate of the Clerk of the Trustees, under his Hand and Seal (which Certificate the said Clerk shall be obliged to give to any such Merchant or Dealer) shall be Evidence against the Security of Securities of any Lapper or Lappers. N.B. this Act takes Place from October 11th, 1757, being the first Day of this last Session of Parliament. The said Trustees think it proper to publish so much of the said Act in order to facilitate the Execution thereof by Persons aggrieved by fraudulent Lappers, of which all Dealers are cautioned and required to take Notice. Signed by Order, Arthur NEWBURGH Hope someone found somebody ~ Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
