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to be paid by the
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to the person who apprehended the
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parties so said to be wandering abroad and having no place of
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habitation wandering abroad and destitute of habitation
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It appears likewise to the Committee that out of the
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Sum of £56..2..6 abovementioned the sum of Seventeen Pounds and five
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Shillings hath been paid pursuant to the orders are warrants of the
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said two Justices for the apprehending of Thirty one persons who
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although called in the said orders Rouges and Vagabonds have neither
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been Committed passed our any other manner dealt with according to
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It appears to the Committee also that by an Act of
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Parliament made and passed in the Seventeenth year of the Reign of
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King George the Second "that where any Rogues or Vagabonds apprehended
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"by any Constable or other person in the same Act mentioned shall be
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"brought before a Justice he shall inform himself by the Examination
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"upon Oath of the person apprehended or of any other person of the
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"Condition and Circumstances of the person so apprehended and of the
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"parish or place where he or she was last legally settled the substance
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"of which shall be put into Writing and be signed by the Person or
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"persons so Examined and the Justice shall likewise sign the
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"same and transmit it to the next Sessions of the peace and shall
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"order such person so apprehended to be publickly whipped or to be
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"Sent to the House of Correction till the next Session or for a less time
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"and after such whipping or Confinement such Justice may by a pass
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"under hand and Seal cause such person to be conveyed to the place
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"of their last legal Settlement and by the said act of Parliament it
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"further appears that the Justice shall make a duplicate of the pass
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"and Examination and Sign the same and shall afterwards commit
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"the duplicate of the pass annexed to the Examination to the next
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"Sessions there to be filed and kept on Record and shall annex the
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"duplicate of the Examination to the pass and send it with the
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"same and the said pass Examination and Duplicates thereof
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"shall and may be read in any Court of Record as Evidence"
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Yet upon Examination of Mr Carleton the
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for the City and Liberty of
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it appears he hath not received
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