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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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That One
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taken in the very Act of Robbery as he was escaping out of the Window with two Coats under
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his Arm the Property of
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was carried before the said Justice, And the said Price offered to Swear the said
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Felony and Produced the Coats whereupon, the sd. Justice took the Prosecutor aside and Askt him if he intended to
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Prosecute or make up the matter Adding the Prisoner might have some. Friends the Prosecutor Answering he wod.
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Prosecute Then the Justice told him he must take out a Warrant to bring the Prisoner before him (altho he at the same
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time Stood before. him and confest the fact) And after a Shilling being Demanded and Paid for the same and Six pence,
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to the Headborough the Prisoner was committed tryed and Convicted at the
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Old Bailey
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And it Appears to us that the last Warrant (if not the first also was granted without the sd Justices taking any.
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Examination in Writing touching the sd. Suspition of Felony
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That One Sparry an Attorney at Law by Virtue of a Warrant of the said Justice for Suspition of Forgery was
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brought before him but the said Justice, notwithstanding such Warrant Absolutely refused to Examine into the Matt
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And to Bail Commit or discharge, him Altho' earnestly entreated by the Prisoner so to do.
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Which Matters and things Verifyed by Affidavits & Warrants Annexed We out of Duly lay
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before, Your Lordship humbly Apprehending that such behaviour of the sd, Mr. Broadhead in the
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Execution of his Office, of
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Justice of the Peace
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, is illegal Oppressive and tends to vender the Commission
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despicable And Wee humbly Submit the Consideration thereof To your Lordship's Wisdom
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and Goodness.
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