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before any Coercive Measures mere used to reduce the Prisoners
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to a sense of their Duty That in consequence he did attend
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the said Prison forthwith where he found the Prisoners in
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Mutinous and disorderly state in the Chapel That he inquired
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whether they had any just cause of Complaint and desired
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any Person who thought himself aggrieved to stand forth and
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any Injury or hardship which they had personally suffered
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but that Collectively they had not all the Indulgencies
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afforded them by the Magistrates
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that one or two of them
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stated that there was a deficiency in the Weight of Bread
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delivered which Complaint being examined into appeared to be taken
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unfounded. That he thereupon required them forthwith to
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depart to their respective Stations in an Orderly and quiet
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manner and that in consequence thereof the Prisoners returned
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execpting only 27. who refused to comply with his request and then
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the Governor was therefore obliged to use force to compel them
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Resolved That the thanks of this Court be given to
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. for his attendance at the Prison and his judicious
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and proper Conduct upon this Occasion-Mr. Aris the
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Governor was then examined respecting the matters aforesaid
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and stated to the Court the means he had taken to established
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Order and submission among the Prisoners and the inquirey
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he had made to discover the King leaders and who were the
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most active in encouraging the resistance and disorderly
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Conduct which had taken placeThat the Prisoners
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were now brought to a state of submission, behaved evilly
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