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said City and also to hear and determine diverse Felonies Trespasses and
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seven hundred and forty one was sent and delivered by the Church Wardens and
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and Appeal of the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish
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against the Warrant and Judgmt.
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of the said two Justices and having heard what could be alledged on either Side by
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the respective Church Wardens their Councel and Witnesses in and concerning the
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premisses It is thereupon now Conceived nd Ordered by this Court that the
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Judgment and Warrant of the said two Justices be and the same is hereby
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Confirmed And it is likewise further Ordered that the said
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for and Maintained by the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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untill they can
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free themselves from the Charge thereof by due Course of Law.
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