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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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to this Court so long as he could make any Shift, the peticoner
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haveing such great numbers of poor and miserable
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people Comitted to his Charge, and every thing so Dear,
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That the Petr. is not able to Support them with the Allowance
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any Longer without this Court in their Goodness will be
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pleased to take his Case into your wife Considerations, the
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peticoner haveing for many Sessions fed Fourscore
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almost every day as the peticoner can make Appear by
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his bills the Allowance Costing the Peticoner thirteen
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Shillings P day, And their work has not Come to Six
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Shillings P day: And not one in ten able to pay a Fee, and
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after the peticoner has Turned them out in a Few days
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Some are Comitted again And that the Peticoner
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keeps them till they Dye and then the Peticoner is Obliged
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to bury them at his own Charge paying all parish dutys,
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but Ground, And the Peticoner being at the Expence of
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three Servants the Peticoner humbly begs that after
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having the Honour to Serve this Court So many years
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this Court will be pleased to Enable him to Continue
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in your Service, which he takes as a great Honour and
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will always Serve with the utermost Duty and
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Dilegence, And humbly hopes that he has behaved
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himself in a Manner altogether Justifieable, and not
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at all derogateing from the Honour of his Grace the
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Duke of Newcastle his most Honoured patron and
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Master, having not used the least Endeavours or
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Clandeshire means to Extort or gett money from any
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of those Comitted to his Charge, And is Resolved so
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Long as he has the Honour to Serve, never to be Guilty
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of such practices, And the Peticoner beggs leave with
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the utermost Submission to assure this Court that
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the Peticoner Counts it a great Honour to be their
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