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These are to Certify that at the Delivery of the King's Gaol of Newgate<lb></lb>
holden for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2551">County of Middlesex</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2552">Justice hall in the Old Bailey</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the Suburbs of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2553">City of London</rs>
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on Wednesday the tenth day of December<lb></lb>
in the twenty fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the<lb></lb>
third king of Great Britain & Before <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-1">Robert Peckham</rs>
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Esquire<lb></lb>
Mayor of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2554">City of London</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-2">James Adair</rs>
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one of his Majesty's Serjeants<lb></lb>
at Law Recorder of the said City and others their fellows Justices of our<lb></lb>
said Lord the king assigned to deliver the said Gaol of Newgate of the<lb></lb>
Prisoners therein being <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-3">Margaret Ann Smith</rs>
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otherwise Gibbs of the Age<lb></lb>
of Thirty years <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-4">Ann Farmer</rs>
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of the age of forty years and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-5">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Jones</rs>
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of the age of twenty five years who were severally convicted at<lb></lb>
the last Session of the Delivery of the king's said Gaol of Newgate holden<lb></lb>
for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2555">County of Middlesex</rs>
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aforesaid at Justice hall aforesaid on Wednesday<lb></lb>
the twenty ninth day of October last of Highway Robberies for which they<lb></lb>
were by Law liable to suffer Death without benefit of Clergy unto whom<lb></lb>
his Majesty hath since been graciously pleased to extend his Royal<lb></lb>
mercy on the several Conditions hereafter mentioned, that is to say<lb></lb>
to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-6">Margaret Ann Smith</rs>
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otherwise Gibbs on Condition<lb></lb>
of paying a fine of Six pence and being imprisoned in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2556">House<lb></lb>
of Correction for the County of Middlesex</rs>
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for one year and to<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-7">Ann Farmer</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-8">Elizabeth Jones</rs>
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on Condition of<lb></lb>
paying a fine of one Shilling each and being imprisoned in the<lb></lb>
House of Correction for the said County for Six Months; and such<lb></lb>
Intention of mercy having been notified in writing by the Right<lb></lb>
Honourable Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-9">Frederick North</rs>
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Knight commonly called Lord North<lb></lb>
one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State to the Court first<lb></lb>
abovementioned the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-10">Margaret Ann Smith</rs>
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otherwise Gibbs was<lb></lb>
ordered to pay a fine of Six pence and to be imprisoned in the house of<lb></lb>
Correction for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45027_geo2557">County of Middlesex</rs>
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for the space of one<lb></lb>
year And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-11">Ann Farmer</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45027_n3492-12">Elizabeth Jones</rs>
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were ordered to<lb></lb>
pay a fine of One Shilling each and to be severally imprisoned in<lb></lb>
the house of Correction for the said County for the space of Six Months<lb></lb>
pursuant to the Statute in that Case made and provided Dated<lb></lb>
the Nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord 1783.</p>
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of the Session of Gaol<lb></lb>
Delivery for the<obscured></obscured>
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