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WE, whose Hands and Seals and hereunto set, Two of his Majesty's
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(one whereof being of the Quorum) inhabiting in or next
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formerly Mary Camper taken upon Oath before us, find and adjudge the said
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WHEREAS we have summoned the said
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to appear before us this Day to
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answer the said Complaint, and shew Cause why he should not be adjudged the putative Father of the
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said Male Bastard Child; and the said
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answer the said Complaint, and having shewn no Cause why he should not be adjudged the putative
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Father of the said Male Bastard Child WE the said Justices, upon Examination upon Oath of
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and on Proof being made Oath of the due Service of
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the said Summons,and other Circumstances appearing unto us, DO adjudge him the said
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to be the putative Father of the said Male Bastard Child, and do order and appoint
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him forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order, to Pay or cause to be paid to the said Overseers of
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the Poor, the Sum of Four Pound Nine Shillings and Six Pence of lawfull Money
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of Great Britain, by them already expended in the Relief and Maintenance of the said Male Bastard
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Child, and other Expences attending the same-AND ALSO that he the said
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shall Weekly, and every Week from henceforth, pay or cause to be paid to the said Overseers of the
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Poor of the said part of the said Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn and the said
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the Sum of three Shillings and Six pence for and towards the Relief and Maintenance of the said
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Bastard Child for so long Time as the same shall remain chargeable to the said Part of the
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Holborn and the said
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. GIVEN under
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our Hands and Seals this 7th Day of May 1789
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