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To the Right Honourable
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John Barber
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and others his Majestys
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Justices of the Peace
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at this General Sessions Assembled
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Wee the Grand Jury of the
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having with great Concern observed
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That many Vexations and litigious Prosecutions have Appeared before us in the
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Course of this our Duty and Service against many of the Inhabitants of this great
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City Humbly Conceive it becomes us to Enquire how and in what manner such
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are fomented and Stirred up and by whom Prosecuted and Carryed on
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And first it Appears to us that Divers Persons Clerks or Servants to many
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of his Majestys
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within this City do under Colour and in the
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Execution of their Office Exact and Take from all Persons Accused and others bound
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to Prosecute Several Sums of Money under Pretence for Warrants Commitments
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Recognizances, Discharges and other Matters Incident to the Duty and Office of a
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Justice of Peace contrary to the known Laws of this Realm In Violation of Publick
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Justice and to the great oppression of his Majestys Subjects
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Wee further observe that many such Clerks and Sollicitors in Confederacy
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with a Set of People calling themselves informing Constables Newgate Sollicitors and
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others Do not only Excite and Stirr up Iqnorant and unwary People to enter into such
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Prosecutions but are Actually Concerned as Sollicitors and Agents for them thereby
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encouraging and Abetting ignorant and weak People to Strife and Envy and getting
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that Money from them to which they stand in Need of for the Support of themselves
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and poor Familys
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These Things We humbly beg Leave to present as tending to the Subvertion
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of the Laws The Hindrance of Justice The Litigating Strife And Contrary to the good
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Order and Government of this great City Begging that this Court will take
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such Measures for redressing such Evills for the future as shall Seem most
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meet and Reasonable
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It is ordered by this Court That a Copy of the Presentment of the Grand Jury be
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Sent and Delivered to Sir
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and Aldermen of this City and to be farther acquainted that the Grand Jury Declared
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Severall instances of the Complaints within the Presentments above mentioned appeared
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to them to be fomented and encouraged by one Bird Clerk to Sir
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one Bayly Clerk to Sir
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