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[004469] [Crime and Punishment]. County Fire Office – Whereas Fires Often Happen By the Negligence and Carelessness of Servants… London: C. Roworth & Sons, First Edition. Folio. Unbound. Broadside. Good. Printed broadside, n.d. but between 1832 and 1840, approximately 220mm x 370mm in size

Laid down on to paper, old tears (now closed) visible to head, light surface soiling, cropped by about 20mm (another copy I had a few years ago was 245mm x 390mm in size), small hole to vignette

The printer was Charles Roworth, who traded as C. Roworth & Sons between 1832 and 1840 (see BBTI)

A notice to menials and servants that if through negligence or carelessness any houses were set on fire, they would be subject to a fine of one hundred pounds, and in the (likely) event of them not being able to pay such a fine, they would be sent to gaol for eighteen months of hard labour. This notice was to be “affixed in some conspicuous place, in view of your servants”