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the eighth day of August in the Seventh Year of the reign of
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our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of
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determine divers Felonys Trespasses and other Misdeeds
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done & committed in the Liberty aforesaid.
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this day exhibited his humble Petition to this Court
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Setting forth that the Comon Side of the said Prison wherein the Said
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Petitioner is confined is much out of repair particularly the Ceiling of
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the Said Comon Side & the Prisoners therein much annoyed by the Smoak of
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a Chimney belonging to a Shed adjoyning to the said Gaol and that
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the said Comon Side of the Said Gaol is much darkned by the Said Gearys
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Stopping up a great part of a Window therein, that the said Geary
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refuseth the Said Gregory his Share of the charity received by the
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begging box, & also that the said Geary hath not putt up in the Said
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Gaol the Clause of an Act of Parliament passed in the reign of his
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late Majesty King Charles the Second altho the Same was
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formerly ordered to be putt up by this Court and thereby praying Such
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releif in the Premisses as this Court, Shall think proper Now this
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Court taking into consideration the matter of the Said Petition doth
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hereby recommend & referr the Same to
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of this Liberty or to any two of
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them desireing them to enquire into the truth of the premises and
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to report their Opinion thereupon to this Court on the next adjornmt.
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day of this present Session to the End that Such Order may be made
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thereupon as the Justice of the Said Petitioners Case requires
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by the Court
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Forbes
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