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assembled in
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their Quarter Sessions Some time since having been informed by Some
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of their own Body that offence was taken in the Court of Goal Delivery
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covered there(as one of the Sherriffs lately acquainted the Said Justices)
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did in due manner and with all proper Regard to the Judges and other
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Commrs. of Goal Delivery there proceed to inquire what right the
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manner of their sitting there and whether covered or otherwise, and
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whether the Justices of the other Countys of England, who are not in
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that it hath been the constant uninterrupted of age for the Justices
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if they thought proper so to be, or as occasion
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might require, And also that the East Side of the Court has been
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always reserved for them and Strangers have been frequently turned
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out by the Direction of the Court to make room for the Justices and for
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their better Accomodation, which they conceive to be a Strong Evidence
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of their Right to Sit on the East Side there, And they can prove by the
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most Ancient of their Brethren(one of whom has been above Fifty
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Years in this Comicon)That it hath been the Constant usuage during
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of this County and even for those
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when they thought fit, And they further
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is required and very
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necessary for the publick Service in Order to the Conviction of Felons
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and other Criminals by producing and proving Confessions and
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Examinations as the
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in all the other County of
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do at the Assizes who according to the best Information that
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could be gained on this Occasion Sit covered on the Crown Side
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when ever they please they attending by Virtue of his Maties
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Commission and not as private Persons.
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This being the State of the Case the Justices hope they Shall appear
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to be well grounded in making it a Claim of Right to be covered in the
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when they think fit, and they
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beg leave to informe your Lordship that it was owing to their repeated
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Experience of your Lordships Great candour Equity and Humanity
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and your Concerne often and publickly expressed for the Honour of
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the Kings Commission of the peace That they determined to lay this
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their Claim of Right in the First Instance before your Lordship
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