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<p n="227"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Answer 1</note>
As to the fit Assertion in this Paragraph his true and it is by <lb></lb>
usage time out of mind that the Goal Delivery of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO40000_geo168">Newgate</rs>
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is held <lb></lb>
for the County of Middx aswell as for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO40000_geo169">City of London</rs>
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at<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO40000_geo170">Old Baily</rs>
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a place in the City. As to the Number of<lb></lb>
Malefactors they are generally more in Middx than in London<lb></lb>
tho' some times otherwise But the Court is obliged to discharge<lb></lb>
the Goal let the Number be what it will and have thereby <lb></lb>
only the more trouble and the City the more Expence</p>
<p n="228"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">part 2</note>
That the Clerk of the peace of the sd. County or his Deputy &<lb></lb>
the Under Sheriff & his Officers Do always attend at the Sessions<lb></lb>
of Goal Delivery and have places assigned them for that purpose</p>
<p n="229"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Answer 2</note>
It is the Duty of those Officers to attend there, And the City (who<lb></lb>
are owners of the Court & the House at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO40000_geo171">Old Baily</rs>
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and who <lb></lb>
constantly repair it and make alteracons from time to time at <lb></lb>
they think fit and with whom this Comission has been <lb></lb>
Entrusted time out of mind (Joyned with the Judges Etc) Have<lb></lb>
always made accomodacons for every one whose business may<lb></lb>
call them thither, and they find room accordingly But for any<lb></lb>
such Officers to demand a Right in any particular place is what<lb></lb>
they have not presumed And cannot pretend to, and if the Court<lb></lb>
should assign them any other place than what they usually Sitt<lb></lb>
in'tis their duty to submitt to it, tho' they may not think it soe <lb></lb>
convenient.</p>
<p n="230"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">part 3</note>
That the Justices of the peace of the said County are obliged to<lb></lb>
attend the Sessions with the severall Examinacons & Confessions<lb></lb>
by them taken and have constantly had the East side of the said<lb></lb>
Court reserved for them, But of late that place hath been lst<lb></lb>
out to hire or otherwise disposed of by the officers of the Court<lb></lb>
And the Justices thereby and by other methods of late Years use<lb></lb>
have been made uneasy & are very much discouraged in the <lb></lb>
discharge of that part of their duty, which they have been <lb></lb>
and shall be always ready & willing to perform</p>
<p n="231"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Answer 3</note>
That'tis the Duty of the Justices of the peace to attend the said<lb></lb>
Court with the Examinacons and Confessions by them taken is<lb></lb>
time, And the Acts of Parliament for the Sake of Justice<lb></lb>
require it of them, That the Justices have usually come on <lb></lb>
the Bench on the East side of the Court And that that place<lb></lb>
has been usually (if not constantly) reserved for them is as<lb></lb>
time; But that the Officers of the Court have of late presumed</p>
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