Transcription of the document:
The Burslem authorities get tough on firework and firearm abuse on Guy Fawkes' night, 1819  

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Fire-Works 
NOTICE 
IS HEREBY GIVEN, 
 

THAT any Person or Persons making Bonfires, or
letting off Squibs, Crackers, Guns, Pistols, or other
Fire-Works, within the Town or Parish of Burslem,
will be prosecuted with the utmost severity of the
Law. 
And on all Shopkeepers within the Town or Parish,
known to sell Fire-Works, the Penalties of the Law
will be enforced. 
 
THOMAS BATHWELL, High Constable,
 
WILLIAM WALSH,  Church wardens. 
THOMAS WALKER, 
JAMES TELLWRIGHT, 
STEPHEN GODWIN, 
 
Parish Office, 4th November, 1819. 
 
Tregortha, printer.