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