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By the King, a proclamation, for putting in execution the laws made to prevent tumults and riotous assemblies, and for the more effectual punishing wicked and evil-disposed persons going armed in disguise; and for punishing such persons as shall wilfully and maliciously pull down or destroy turnpikes for repairing highways erected by authority of parliament; and for apprehending and bringing to justice the persons, who in September last were concerned in pulling down and destroying the turnpikes so erected at Ledbury, in the county of Hereford, and in attacking the house of John Skipp esquire, one of the justices of the peace for the said county; and those who have been since guilty of other notorious outrages and disturbances in the said county of Hereford.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Great Britain. Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--England--Early works to 1800.
- Crime.
- Criminals--England--Early works to 1800.
- Criminals.
- Riots--England--Early works to 1800.
- Riots.
- Hereford (England)--History--Early works to 1800.
- Hereford (England).
- Great Britain--History--George II, 1727-1760--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ([1] p.).
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by John Baskett, printer to the King's most excellent Majesty, 1735. [i.e. 1736]
- Notes:
- "Given at our court at St. James's the fifth day of February, 1735. in the ninth year of our reign.".
- Dates given according to Lady Day dating.
- Steele notation: being so high-. No press figure.
- Reproduction of original in the British Library.
- Cited in:
- Early English books tract supplement interim guide 21.h.4[202]
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