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No 96
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To all and every the Constables and other
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Officers of the Peace for the City of London & the
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Liberties thereof, whom these may concern and to
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the Porter of Bridewell Hospital London
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London to wit
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These are in his Majesties Name to command you and
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every of you the said Constables forth with safely to convey and
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deliver into the Custody of the said Porter the Body of William
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Barfoot being charged before us two of his Majesties
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in and for the said City & Liberties by the Oath
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with being a Rogue and Vagabond for
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having after the passing of a certain Act of Parliament
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Intituled "An Act to render more effectual the Laws now in
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"being for suppressing unlawful Lotteries to wit on the
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Twenty
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first day of February in the year of our Lord Our thousand
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seven hundred and eighty eight
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at No. 124 in
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in the said City taken and received of and from the
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the Sum of Eleven peace of lawful Money
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of Great Britain and in consideration thereof then and there
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promising and agreeing to repay the said George Lawton the
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Sum of one Guinea of like lawful Money if a certain Ticket
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Number Ninety two should be drawn fortunate or unfortunate
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on the Seventh day of Drawing of the present English
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State Lottery contrary to the form of the Act of Parliament
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in such Case made and provided and therefore we do adjudge
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the said
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to be a Rogue and Vagabond: Which
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you the said Porter are required to
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receive and him in your Custody safely to keep until the
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next General Sessions of the Peace to be holden at the
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in and for the said City to be further dealt with according to
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Law And for your so doing this shall be to you and each
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of you a sufficient Warrant Given under our Hands and
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Seals this
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twenty second Day of February One thousand
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seven hundred and eighty eight
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