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of Two Pounds Six Shillings and Six pence Expended by them as aforesaid,
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Now forasmuch as it appeareth to this Court upon Oath that the said
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Sum was necessarily expended by the Inhabitants of the said Parish for the
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lying in and Maintenance of the said
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Mary Evans
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and Child This Court by
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Virtue of the Statute in such Case made Doth Order that Mr.
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John Higgs
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of this County do reimburse and Pay to the Petitioners or One of
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them the said Sum of Two pounds Six Shillings and Six pence Which
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this Court doth Adjudge to be a Reasonable Satisfaction for the Charges of
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the Lying in and Maintenance of the Said
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Mary Evans
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& Child; And that
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the Receipt of the Petitioners or One of them together with this Order
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or a True Copy thereof shall be a Sufficient Discharge to the Said
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Treasurer
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for such payment.
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To the Honourable the Commons of
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Great Britain
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in Parliament Assembled.
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The humble Petition of his Majestys
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Justices of the Peace
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for the
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County of Middlesex
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in their GeneralSessions
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Assembled.
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Humbly Sheweth.
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petition of
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his Majesty
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Justices of the peace of
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to the honble
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the Commons of
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agt. Spiritous
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Liquors.
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That the Drinking of Geneva and other
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Distilled Spirituous Liquors has for some Years last past greatly
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encreased, Especially among the People of Inferior Rank.
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That the constant and Excessive use thereof as now practiced hath already destroyed
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thousands of
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his Majesty
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's Subjects, and renders great Numbers of Others
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unfit for usefull Labour and Service, Debauching at the Same time
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their Morals and driving them into all manner of Outrages and
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Breaches of the Peace
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.
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That this Penicions Liquor is now Sold not Only by
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Distillers
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and Geneva Shops byt by Many Other Persons of Inferior
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Trades by which Means
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Journeymen
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and Servants
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are drawn into a Constant & Excessive drinking thereof.
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That Your Petitioners Apprehend the publick Wellfare
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and safety as well as the Trade of the Nation is greatly Affected by it;
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That this practice is also dangerous and mischievous to the
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