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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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which now Wee have noe meanes of being acquainted wth.
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That the business of the
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may meet wth. delays for want
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of a sufficient number to make a Court which would be an
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Inconvenience to his Maties Subjects, who are obliged to
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attend & present to their Severall Indictments against
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offenders as well as Sometimes an hardship upon the Prisoners
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That some of the Justices of the peace for this County were
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formerly (& till lately) put into the sd Comission of Goal Delivery
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the discontinuance of which We apprehend to be the cause of
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the ill treatment & bad accomodacon We have of late years
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met with
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That as We have not been wanting in our respective Stations
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to use our utmost diligence & Endeavours in the Service of
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his Maties & his Governmt. and have already done & shall
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continue to doe all that is in our power to establish the
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reputacon of our comicon Soe We hope that the Comission
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shall have the same Conntenance & Incouragemt. It formerly
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enjoyed in the time of our predecessors And wee begg leave
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to assure ye Lordship that what ever Authority any of us
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shall be further intrusted with shall be always applyed &
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exerted for the safety of his Maties person & Government
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and for the preservacon of publick peace & tranquility
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within this County
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All which We humbly represent and
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submit to your Lordships great Wisdom
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& Justice
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