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September 1800.
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said any thing to me since Nicholson was taken
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away, Heard some of the Prisoners during the
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disturbance call out the Name of "Ben Caddick". and
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"Maxwell".
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Witness.
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James Reeves
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his
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Ellwood
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Resolved That the Consideration of this business
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be postponed till County Day of the next Session.
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And if appearing unto this Court that the
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Average number of Prisoners in the
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Cold Bath fields
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since the last the Session has been
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276.
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That there are in the said
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202. separate Apartments which are made to contain
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one Person each and Sixteen Apartments which hold
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2. Prisoners each and that the Number of Prisoners on
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the Average considerably exceed the number of
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Apartments Ordered that the following Representation.
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of the State of this Prison be made to the
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in Order to prevent
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any Accession of number being made from thence during
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the present Session Vizt..
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It Appearing to this Court that much Inconvenience
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has Arisen from there being a greater number of Prisoners
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Confined in the House of Correction for this County than the
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Appartments provided for their Reception can contain
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and that it has frequently been found necessary to put
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two and sometimes even three Prisoners together into
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Apartments only fit for the reception of One.
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This Court therefore think it is proper to communi-
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, and
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to suggest to their Lordships that the Excess is principally
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occasioned by the great number of Prisoners sent to the
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under Sentences of very long Imprisonment
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which has of late greatly encreased the number of Prisoners
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that there are in the House of Correction only Two hundred
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and two seperate Appartments which are made to Contain
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