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Peace in the said Division did not deny the truth of the said Several
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Charges but declared he was very Sorry for what he had done and
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promised he would not be Guilty of Any the like Practices for the
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future or do Anything whereby any Scandall might be brought
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on the Commission whereupon the said Several Matters were
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referred to further Consideration.
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That at the Sessions of the peace held in January last the said
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Complaints were renewed
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That the said Justice Sir
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Such Promise as aforesaid did afterwards and doth still Continue
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to behave and Act as aforesaid And the said Justices Now Assembled
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in Sessions Vizt. On the said 28th. Day of February being the County
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Day humbly apprehending that the said Justice has abused the
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by Licenceing the said Roberts and Hallam to sell Ale as aforesaid.
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by not Executing his Authority as to might and was desired so to
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do for putting a stop to the said Plays and Interludes and by upholding
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and Encourageing the same as farr as it Appears to be in his Power
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and by doing many other Irregular things under Colour of his Office
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of a Justice of the Peace greatly tending to the Debauching the Morals
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of the People and Encourageing Vice and all Violence and Disorder
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To the Reproach and Scandal of the Commission in which he is
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Named in so much as all the Other Justices of said
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are made very uneasy in Acting as
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And Therefore the said
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in Session Assembled do unanimously Agree that this
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their representation should be made unto your Lordship they
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humbly submitting the Premisses to your Lordships Wisdom
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and Judgment.
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in the County aforesd. by Adjournment On Thursday the twenty
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eighth day of February in the Twenty fourth year of the reign of our
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Lister Selman
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John Lawton
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>
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<
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>
</
lb
>
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>
Thomas Quarrill
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Walter Berry
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>
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>
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>
Joseph Goodman
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>
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>
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>
Esquires
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inst
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>
and Other
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
their Fellows Justices of our said Lord the King Assigned to keep the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
peace in the County aforesaid and also to hear & determine divers Felonys
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
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=
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trespasses
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>
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& other Misdeeds committed in the same County.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"1746"
>
By the Court
</
p
>
</
div1
>
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