October the 18th. 1792
Present
Mr. John Read< no role >
Robt Hunter< no role >
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John Birch< no role >
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Edward Bigg< no role >
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Granville Sharpe< no role > This name instance is in set 2432.
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Examined the prisons & found them clean
The Calendar of the Prisoners being laid before
the Committee, there appeared to be
42Men
5 Apprentices
48 Women
13 Children
108
The Committee on examining the prisons find some
Men chiefly Soldiers & Sailors with their Wives and
Children committed for seven days & then to be passed
to their respective Parishes.They submit to the
Magistrates whether it would not be better in the
first instance to pass them to their several parishes
without sending them to Bridewell
, and causing
an unnecessary expence to the hospital, and additional distress to the parties
Mr. Alderman Clark being present very