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<p n="1305">loses their Fees to his great detriment, and is at<lb></lb>
the trouble and charge of keeping and maintaining<lb></lb>
most of them besides the Care and trouble of Conveying<lb></lb>
them to Newgate, And that the Petitioner hath for<lb></lb>
near Two Yeares past had but few other kind of<lb></lb>
Prisoners Committed and brought to his Custody &<lb></lb>
most of them poor indigent Persons whose Fees he<lb></lb>
not only loses but must maintaine them, and often times<lb></lb>
small Children brought with them, dureing their<lb></lb>
Confinement, In so much that the Petitioner doth not<lb></lb>
receive by the Profits ariseing or accrewing to him<lb></lb>
by Vertue of his said Office Soe much as pays the<lb></lb>
necessary Charge of House keeping, Maintaining<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ1910">Servants</rs>
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and the poor Prisoners, paying for the<lb></lb>
Water and Small Repaires, finding comon necessarys<lb></lb>
carrying the dirt away, and other incident Charges<lb></lb>
belonging to the said Prison (the truth whereof the<lb></lb>
Petitioner is ready to testify upon Oath if required)<lb></lb>
All which readers the Petitioner uncapable of paying<lb></lb>
the Yearly Sumes of Twenty Pounds and Ten Pounds<lb></lb>
charged on the Petitioner on his first entrance of the<lb></lb>
said Office, And the Petitioner therefore prayed that<lb></lb>
this Court will be pleased to take the Premisses<lb></lb>
into Consideration, and grant him such Reliefe as to<lb></lb>
this Court shall Seem meet, And it appearing to<lb></lb>
this Court that an Order was made at the Generall<lb></lb>
Sessions of the Peace holden for this County by<lb></lb>
adjornment on Thursday the Twenty Second day of<lb></lb>
May now last whereby It was Ordered that the<lb></lb>
Petitioner should on or before the Seventh day of<lb></lb>
July instant pay unto <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55600_n1305-1">Barwell Smith</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ1911">Esquire</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55600_occ1912">Treasurer</rs>
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for the Yeare one thousand seven hundred<lb></lb>
and twenty eight for maimed Soldiers and Mariners<lb></lb>
within the Hundreds of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1329">Ossulston</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1330">Edmonton</rs>
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& <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1331">Gore</rs>
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in the said County the Sume of Twenty Pounds due from<lb></lb>
the Petitioner and payable at Lady day One Thousand<lb></lb>
seven hundred and twenty Seven as Keeper of New<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55600_geo1332">Prison</rs>
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aforesaid on Account of Repairing the Same,</p>
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