Document 66, p 13
| believe that the Defendant Gawen Ainsley was quite satisfied with the | ||||
| [proceedings?] of the Works of the Bridge from first to last; as well as | ||||
| the other Defendants; because as Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, he | ||||
| had constantly an Opportunity Quarterly of conversing with the said | ||||
| 143 | ||||
| Jonathan Pickernell: And as the said Magistrates, after his Appointment | ||||
| as Deputy Surveyor under Mr Wooler had appointed him, the said | ||||
| Jonathan Pickernall to be Surveyor of the Bridges under them for | ||||
| the County of Northumberland; and the said J:Pickernell had also | ||||
| been recommended by two of the said Magistrates for the said County to this | ||||
| Deponent, to act under him as Deputy Surveyor, in this Work; he the | ||||
| said Deponent for these Reasons necessarily concluded that the | ||||
| Defendants as well as the other Magistrates were well satisfied with | ||||
| all the proceedings; especially as he never received any Objection | ||||
| thereto, from the said Defendants, by the said J:Pickernell, or otherwise. | ||||
| And on this Occasion this Deponent must further declare, that | ||||
| exclusive of finding the said J Pickernell, to be a person likely to | ||||
| answer the purpose in point of Experience and Capacity as Deputy | ||||
| Surveyor in this Work; it was a considerable Inducement to this | ||||
| Deponent to consent to his being so employed; because being | ||||
| previously employed and recoemmended by the Magistrates, as aforesaid, | ||||
| he trusted that the Confidence the Magistrates appeared to repose in | ||||
| him, would be the Means of obviating all Blame to this Deponent, | ||||
| or the Complainant, in leaving anything short or insufficiently | ||||
| 13 done; | ||||
Note: Mr Smeaton's Replies to Interrogatories p13
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