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Certificates should be granted in Sessions time, nor 'till
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after the adjournment day of every Sessions, Prosecutions
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might be regularly carried on without delay of Justice or
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oppressing the subject.
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Its' also apprehended, that were the Justices to agree
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amongst themselves, that all persons brought before them
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in Sessions time by virtue of a Bench Warrant and not
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into Court, should enter into Recognizance to appear and
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plead the last day of the same sessions, or on the
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adjournment day thereof, and let the Recognizance be
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returned to the Clerk of the Peace the day after taken, this
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would likewise prevent a delay of Justice, and put a stop
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to persons taking out Bench Warrants against themselves
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which have been frequently practised of late for a delay
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of Justice, tho they might have gone into Court and
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pleaded.
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This form
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Sir
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Your Most obedient
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humble Servt.
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A Practitioner
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By Adjornment on Thursday the
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18th. Day of October
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1744
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It is Ordered by this Court that for the future no sum of Money
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be allowed to any Constable or other Peace Office for carrying
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any Vagabond or Vagrant from any of the Parishes in
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Westminster
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or places adjacent to the
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House of Correction
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to be there corrected.
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By adjornment on Friday the nineteenth day of October 1744.
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A Party of the Kings Soldiers having this Day attended from six a Clock
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in the Morning to assist the peace Officers in the apprehending and
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Securing Street Robbers & Gamblers, and for the safe carrying George
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Cox a Suspected Gambler upon a Writ of Habeas Corpus before the
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Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench to prevent his being rescued
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It is Ordered by this Court that the sum of six shillings be allowed &
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paid out of the Colt Money belonging to the Justices of the peace of
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this County to the said Soldiers for their subsistance and also that
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one shilling for Coach hire for
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John Elliot
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. in order to attend the sd.
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Lord Chief Justice be also allowed & paid out of the said Colt Money,
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which sums together amount to seven shillings, and to be allowed to
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the
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of the said Colt Money,
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