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September 1711

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case made & provided And He the sd Francis Geary< no role > by Catrivance [..] Agreemt between him [..] & The sd Henry Mault< no role >
did before the sd. Six monthsexpired receive & take into his Custody out of & from the sd house of camer the sd Samuel
Durham
< no role > by wch. meanes he the sd Saml. Durham< no role > [..] the sd punish [..] was not kept to hard labour as he
ought to have been by vertue of his sd. comittmt.

Item For that the sd Fra: Geary< no role > the tenty day of August last & untill the end
of the same month imprisoned & detained in his custody in Newprison aforesaidas Keeper of
New the same prison aforesaidone Martha Mercer< no role > without any legall authority
for soe doeing, In abuse of Justice and to the great damage of the
sd. Martha

Item For that the sd. Fra: Geary< no role > hath exacted & reced diversgreat & extrate [..]
sumes of money from severall prisoners comitted to his custody as
Keeper of New prison aforesaid on pretence of fees due to him as
Keeper of the sd prison much exceeding the fees he ought to have
taken by the table of fees settled & adjusted by the maties. Justices of
the peace for this County, and particularly for that the sd Fra: Geary < no role > exacted & reced of one Sarah Saunders< no role >
a prisoner heretofore in his custody as Keeper of the sd prison
the sume of eight shillings & six pence in a Prisoner havetofore in his
for fees prtended to be due [..] from [..] the sd Sarap to him the sd [..] Geary
custody as Keeper of the sd prison & [..] the Sume of eight shillings & six pence [..] for her comittmt &
keeping & dischargeing the sd. sarah & turning the [..] key at her
[..]
discharge & for one nights lodgeing dureing her in [..] alsoe for the releife of [..] distrosed Prisonthe sume ofeight Shillings & six pence wch. according
the sume of six Shillings & six pence for fees due to him as Keeper of the
to the sd. table of fees was more by sd. then he ought to have reced of the sd Sarah
sd Prison, Soe that he wrongfully extected & [..] from the sd Sarah the Sume
for the premisses aforesaid
of two shillings, Etc And alsoe for the on acct. of her sd imprisonmt
And alsoe of for the fees & lodgeing aforesd
And alsoe for that the sd Fra: Geary< no role > exacted & reced of one Saml.
Haffie
< no role > another Prisoner comitted to his custody as Keeper of the sd prison for

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